AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs AMD Athlon II X4 638

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 1700X and AMD Athlon II X4 638 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 1700X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • Around 41% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
  • Around 36% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 70.10°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 81% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2101 vs 1163
  • 7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15667 vs 2250
  • Around 30% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 6027 vs 4651
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 March 2017 vs February 2012
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 70.10°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 768 KB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2101 vs 1163
PassMark - CPU mark 15667 vs 2250
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6027 vs 4651

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 638

  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 85% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1654 vs 896
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1654 vs 896

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X4 638

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2101
1163
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
15667
2250
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
896
1654
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
6027
4651
Name AMD Ryzen 7 1700X AMD Athlon II X4 638
PassMark - Single thread mark 2101 1163
PassMark - CPU mark 15667 2250
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 896 1654
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6027 4651
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 23.993
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 54.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.172
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 13.361

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X AMD Athlon II X4 638

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Llano
Family AMD Ryzen Processors AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date 2 March 2017 February 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $399
OPN PIB YD170XBCAEWOF AD638XOJGXBOX
OPN Tray YD170XBCM88AE AD638XOJZ43GX
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1615 1619
Price now $199.99 $26.49
Series AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop Processors AMD Athlon II X4
Value for money (0-100) 21.56 35.55
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.4 GHz 2.7 GHz
Die size 192 mm 228 mm
L1 cache 768 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 70.10°C
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 2.7 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 16 4
Transistor count 4800 Million 1178 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 FM1 uPGA
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution Not included

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™)