AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Athlon X4 860K

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD Athlon X4 860K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 4500

• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
• 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
• Around 2% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 4 GHz
• Around 31% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 72.40°C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 28 nm
• 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 6.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 95 Watt
• Around 71% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2596 vs 1520
• 4.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16117 vs 3428

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 860K

• Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 4500
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X4 860K

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2596 1520
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	16117 3428

Compare specifications (specs)