AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs AMD Athlon XP 3000+

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D and AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

AMD Athlon XP 3000+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

CPU is newer: launch date 21 year(s) 3 month(s) later
7 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 1
Around 114% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 130 nm
4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
8.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3233 vs 396
108x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 28303 vs 262

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Apr 2022 vs January 2001
Number of cores	8 vs 1
Maximum frequency	4.5 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache	512 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3233 vs 396
PassMark - CPU mark	28303 vs 262

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 3000+

Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 68 Watt vs 105 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	68 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 3000+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3233

396

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

28303

262

Name	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D	AMD Athlon XP 3000+
PassMark - Single thread mark	3233	396
PassMark - CPU mark	28303	262
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	7298

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D	AMD Athlon XP 3000+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 3	Barton
Launch date	20 Apr 2022	January 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$78
OPN PIB	100-100000651WOF
OPN Tray	100-000000651
Place in performance rating	545	3163
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$79.70
Value for money (0-100)		1.49
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz
Die size	74 mm²	101 mm
L1 cache	512 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	96 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	130 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C
Maximum frequency	4.5 GHz	2.1 GHz
Number of cores	8	1
Number of threads	16
Unlocked
Transistor count		63 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM4	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	68 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20
PCI Express revision	4.0
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)