AMD Athlon X4 940 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 940 and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 940

  • Around 20% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3 GHz
  • Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 125 Watt
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz vs 3 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 125 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 12 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 2 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 940
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920

Name AMD Athlon X4 940 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920
PassMark - Single thread mark 2299
PassMark - CPU mark 22066

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X4 940 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920

Essentials

Architecture codename Bristol Ridge Zen
Family AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date 27 July 2017 July 2017
OPN PIB AD940XAGABBOX
OPN Tray AD940XAGM44AB
Place in performance rating not rated 856
Series AMD Athlon X4
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.2 GHz
Die size 246 mm 213 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz 3 GHz
Number of cores 4 12
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 1178 million 9600 million
Unlocked
L3 cache 32768 KB

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 45/65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 SP3r2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 125 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

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