AMD Athlon X4 850 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1400

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 850 and AMD Ryzen 5 1400 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, 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).

AMD Athlon X4 850

AMD Ryzen 5 1400

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 850

Around 15% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.4 GHz

Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz vs 3.4 GHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 1400

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
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
Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
524288x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1887 vs 1231
2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7736 vs 2657

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 April 2017 vs Jul 2015
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
L1 cache	384 KB vs 256K
L2 cache	2 MB vs 4MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1887 vs 1231
PassMark - CPU mark	7736 vs 2657

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 850
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 1400

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1231

1887

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2657

7736

Name	AMD Athlon X4 850	AMD Ryzen 5 1400
PassMark - Single thread mark	1231	1887
PassMark - CPU mark	2657	7736
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		772
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3027
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		3393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		12.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		27.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.586

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 850	AMD Ryzen 5 1400
Essentials
Architecture codename	Godaveri	Zen
Launch date	Jul 2015	11 April 2017
Place in performance rating	1986	1973
Family		AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch price (MSRP)		$170
OPN PIB		YD1400BBAEBOX
OPN Tray		YD1400BBM4KAE
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Price now		$119.99
Series		AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop Processors
Value for money (0-100)		20.60
Vertical segment		Desktop
Performance
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	3.2 GHz
Die size	245 mm²	192 mm
L1 cache	256K	384 KB
L2 cache	4MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	8
Transistor count	2,411 million	4800 Million
Unlocked
64 bit support
L3 cache		8 MB
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR3-2133 MHz, Dual-channel	DDR4
Max memory channels		2
Supported memory frequency		2667 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FM2+	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Thermal Solution		Wraith Stealth
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 16 Lanes, (CPU only)
PCI Express revision		3.0 x16
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Enmotus FuzeDrive
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)