AMD Athlon X4 850 vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 850 and AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon X4 850

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 850

Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 85°C
Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Maximum core temperature	90°C vs 85°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
Around 10% higher clock speed: 4.3 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm FinFET vs 28 nm
3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
1048576x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2421 vs 1575
5.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17526 vs 3366

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 April 2018 vs Jul 2015
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.3 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm FinFET vs 28 nm
L1 cache	768 KB vs 256K
L2 cache	4 MB vs 4MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2421 vs 1575
PassMark - CPU mark	17526 vs 3366

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 850
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1575

2421

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3366

17526

Name	AMD Athlon X4 850	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
PassMark - Single thread mark	1575	2421
PassMark - CPU mark	3366	17526
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1057
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		7046
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		4802
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		28.998
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		61.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.257
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		3.876
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		14.816

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 850	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Godaveri	Zen+
Launch date	Jul 2015	19 April 2018
Place in performance rating	1610	1621
Family		AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
OPN PIB		YD270XBGAFBOX
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Price now		$309.89
Series		AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop Processors
Value for money (0-100)		16.13
Vertical segment		Desktop
Performance
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	3.7 GHz
Die size	245 mm²	209.78 mm
L1 cache	256K	768 KB
L2 cache	4MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm FinFET
Maximum core temperature	90°C	85°C
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz	4.3 GHz
Number of cores	4	8
Number of threads	4	16
Transistor count	2,411 million	4940 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		2933 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FM2+	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	105 Watt
Thermal Solution		Wraith Prism with RGB LED
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 16 Lanes, (CPU only)
PCI Express revision		3.0 x16
Advanced Technologies
AMD Ryzen VR-Ready Premium
AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)