AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs AMD Athlon X4 950

AMD Ryzen 7 2700
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2018
AMD Ryzen 7 2700
AMD Athlon X4 950
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD Athlon X4 950

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    370%
  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    210%
  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    531%
  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Much higher single threaded performance (around 110% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 431% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 270% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 950

None

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 2700AMD Athlon X4 950
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
XFR

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 2700AMD Athlon X4 950
ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsAMD Excavator
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZenvsBristol Ridge
Release DateMar 2018vsSep 2016

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 2700AMD Athlon X4 950
Cores8vs4
Threads16vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 2700AMD Athlon X4 950
L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 2700AMD Athlon X4 950
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size192mm²vsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 2700AMD Athlon X4 950
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    4510 points
  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    2622 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    34355 points
  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    8404 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    1561
  • AMD Athlon X4 950 (simulated)
    293.82

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (simulated)
    169.66
  • AMD Athlon X4 950 (simulated)
    80.52

points - higher is better