AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs AMD Athlon X4 970

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 2700X and AMD Athlon X4 970 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 2700X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 4.3 GHz vs 4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm FinFET 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 50% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2421 vs 1616
  • 5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17511 vs 3472
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 19 April 2018 vs 27 July 2017
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz vs 4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm FinFET vs 28 nm
L1 cache 768 KB vs 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2421 vs 1616
PassMark - CPU mark 17511 vs 3472

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 970

  • Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 105 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X4 970

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2421
1616
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
17511
3472
Name AMD Ryzen 7 2700X AMD Athlon X4 970
PassMark - Single thread mark 2421 1616
PassMark - CPU mark 17511 3472
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1057
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7046
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4802
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.998
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 61.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.257
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.876
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 14.816

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X AMD Athlon X4 970

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Bristol Ridge
Family AMD Ryzen Processors AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date 19 April 2018 27 July 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $329
OPN PIB YD270XBGAFBOX AD970XAUABBOX
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1575 1576
Price now $309.89
Series AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop Processors AMD Athlon X4
Value for money (0-100) 16.13
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
OPN Tray AD970XAUM44AB

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.7 GHz 3.8 GHz
Die size 209.78 mm 246 mm
L1 cache 768 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm FinFET 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 85°C
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz 4 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 16 4
Transistor count 4940 Million 1178 million
Unlocked
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution Wraith Prism with RGB LED

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 x16 3.0

Advanced Technologies

AMD Ryzen VR-Ready Premium
AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
Intel® AES New Instructions
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)