AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X vs AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X and AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X

• CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 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 GHz vs 3.7 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
• 2.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 54% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2325 vs 1511
• 5.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16789 vs 2839
• Around 3% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 6737 vs 6568

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

• Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 180 Watt
• 2.3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 2268 vs 993

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2325 1511
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	16789 2839
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	993 2268
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	6737 6568

Compare specifications (specs)