AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs AMD Phenom II X4 830

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 1800X and AMD Phenom II X4 830 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 1800X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 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 43% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 2.8 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
  • 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2198 vs 1083
  • 7.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16359 vs 2072
  • Around 20% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 6333 vs 5258
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 March 2017 vs September 2009
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4 GHz vs 2.8 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)
L3 cache 16 MB vs 4096 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2198 vs 1083
PassMark - CPU mark 16359 vs 2072
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6333 vs 5258

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 830

  • Around 97% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1838 vs 934
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1838 vs 934

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 830

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2198
1083
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
16359
2072
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
934
1838
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
6333
5258
Name AMD Ryzen 7 1800X AMD Phenom II X4 830
PassMark - Single thread mark 2198 1083
PassMark - CPU mark 16359 2072
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 934 1838
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6333 5258
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 Ryzen 7 1800X AMD Phenom II X4 830

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Deneb
Family AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch date 2 March 2017 September 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $80
OPN PIB YD180XBCAEWOF
OPN Tray YD180XBCM88AE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1558 1550
Price now $249.49 $79.95
Series AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop Processors
Value for money (0-100) 18.18 12.66
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.6 GHz
Die size 192 mm 258 mm
L1 cache 768 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB 4096 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Maximum frequency 4 GHz 2.8 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 16
Transistor count 4800 Million 758 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) 95 Watt 95 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™)