AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs AMD Athlon X4 950

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 8 / Nov 2020
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
AMD Athlon X4 950
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD Athlon X4 950

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    599%
  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    330%
  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    868%
  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 230% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 768% 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 499% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 950

40 watts lower power draw.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Athlon X4 950
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2
3DNow!
CnQ
NX bit

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Athlon X4 950
ArchitectureAMD Zen 3vsAMD Excavator
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameVermeervsBristol Ridge
Release DateNov 2020vsSep 2016

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Athlon X4 950
Cores8vs4
Threads16vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Athlon X4 950
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache32MBvs0 KB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Athlon X4 950
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp95°Cvsunknown
PackagevsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XAMD Athlon X4 950
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock4700 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP105 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    5640 points
  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    2622 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
    44505 points
  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    8404 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (simulated)
    266.33
  • AMD Athlon X4 950 (simulated)
    80.52

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (simulated)
    2551.14
  • AMD Athlon X4 950 (simulated)
    293.82

points - higher is better