AMD A10-9700E vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Comparative analysis of AMD A10-9700E and AMD Ryzen 7 1700X processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-9700E

  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
  • Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 90°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2101 vs 1470
  • 4.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15673 vs 3180
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 March 2017 vs 5 September 2016
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 4 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2101 vs 1470
PassMark - CPU mark 15673 vs 3180

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A10-9700E
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1470
2101
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3180
15673
Name AMD A10-9700E AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
PassMark - Single thread mark 1470 2101
PassMark - CPU mark 3180 15673
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 896
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6027
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 23.993
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 54.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.172
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 13.361

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A10-9700E AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Essentials

Architecture codename Bristol Ridge Zen
Family AMD A-Series Processors AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch date 5 September 2016 2 March 2017
OPN PIB AD9700AHABBOX YD170XBCAEWOF
OPN Tray AD9700AHM44AB YD170XBCM88AE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1616 1569
Price now $69.99 $199.99
Series AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop Processors
Value for money (0-100) 19.72 21.56
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $399

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3 GHz 3.4 GHz
Compute Cores 10
Die size 246 mm 192 mm
L2 cache 2 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Maximum core temperature 90°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 4 8
Number of GPU cores 6
Transistor count 1178 million 4800 Million
Unlocked
L1 cache 768 KB
L3 cache 16 MB
Number of threads 16

Memory

Max memory channels 3 2
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 847 MHz
iGPU core count 6
Processor graphics Radeon R7 Series
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX DirectX® 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 95 Watt
Thermal Solution Not included

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 8
PCI Express revision 3.0 x8 3.0 x16

Advanced Technologies

Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
AMD SenseMI
Enmotus FuzeDrive
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
The "Zen" Core Architecture

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)