AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs AMD Athlon II X4 615e

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 1700 and AMD Athlon II X4 615e 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 1700

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • Around 48% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 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 93% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2001 vs 1037
  • 7.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14815 vs 2000
  • Around 30% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 5768 vs 4427
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 March 2017 vs September 2010
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache 768 KB vs 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB vs 512 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2001 vs 1037
PassMark - CPU mark 14815 vs 2000
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5768 vs 4427

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 615e

  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 81% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1539 vs 848
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1539 vs 848

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 1700
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X4 615e

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2001
1037
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
14815
2000
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
848
1539
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
5768
4427
Name AMD Ryzen 7 1700 AMD Athlon II X4 615e
PassMark - Single thread mark 2001 1037
PassMark - CPU mark 14815 2000
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 848 1539
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5768 4427
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 3895
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 22.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 50.967
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 11.958

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 AMD Athlon II X4 615e

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Propus
Family AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch date 2 March 2017 September 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $329 $59
OPN PIB YD1700BBAEBOX
OPN Tray YD1700BBM88AE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1716 1739
Price now $209.43 $59
Series AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop Processors
Value for money (0-100) 19.33 14.48
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3 GHz
Die size 192 mm 169 mm
L1 cache 768 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 2.5 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 16
Transistor count 4800 Million 300 million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt
Thermal Solution Wraith Spire (LED)

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 x16

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
Enmotus FuzeDrive
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
The "Zen" Core Architecture

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)