AMD Athlon X4 970 vs AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 970 and AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 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 970

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 970

CPU is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Launch date	27 July 2017 vs 2 March 2017
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
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
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2197 vs 1616
4.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16351 vs 3472

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
L1 cache	768 KB vs 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2197 vs 1616
PassMark - CPU mark	16351 vs 3472

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 970
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1616

2197

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3472

16351

Name	AMD Athlon X4 970	AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
PassMark - Single thread mark	1616	2197
PassMark - CPU mark	3472	16351
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		934
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6333
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		4496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		23.426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		55.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.16
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		3.726
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		14.577

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 970	AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge	Zen
Family	AMD Athlon Processors	AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch date	27 July 2017	2 March 2017
OPN PIB	AD970XAUABBOX	YD180XBCAEWOF
OPN Tray	AD970XAUM44AB	YD180XBCM88AE
Place in performance rating	1576	1560
Series	AMD Athlon X4	AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop Processors
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Price now		$249.49
Value for money (0-100)		18.18
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.8 GHz	3.6 GHz
Die size	246 mm	192 mm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	768 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C
Maximum frequency	4 GHz	4 GHz
Number of cores	4	8
Number of threads	4	16
Transistor count	1178 million	4800 Million
Unlocked
L3 cache		16 MB
Maximum core temperature		95°C
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4
Max memory channels		2
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	95 Watt
Thermal Solution		Not included
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0 x16
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
AMD SenseMI
Enmotus FuzeDrive
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)