AMD Athlon X4 850 vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 850 and AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 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.

AMD Athlon X4 850

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 850

Around 5% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.7 GHz

Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz vs 3.7 GHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

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 34% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2112 vs 1575
2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9098 vs 3366

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	2112 vs 1575
PassMark - CPU mark	9098 vs 3366

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 850
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1575

2112

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3366

9098

Name	AMD Athlon X4 850	AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
PassMark - Single thread mark	1575	2112
PassMark - CPU mark	3366	9098
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		906
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3620
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		3706

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 850	AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Godaveri	Zen
Launch date	Jul 2015	11 April 2017
Place in performance rating	1514	1530
Family		AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch price (MSRP)		$189
OPN PIB		YD150XBBAEBOX
OPN Tray		YD150XBBM4GAE
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Price now		$139.99
Series		AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop Processors
Value for money (0-100)		21.18
Vertical segment		Desktop
Performance
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	3.5 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	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	8
Transistor count	2,411 million	4800 Million
Unlocked
64 bit support
L3 cache		16 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 Spire (No LED)
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)
Intel® AES New Instructions
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)