AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs AMD Athlon X4 860K

Ryzen 5 1500X vs Athlon X4 860K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 1500X beats the Athlon X4 860K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon X4 860K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 1500X has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Athlon X4 860K has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Athlon X4 860K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon X4 860K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 1500X. A Ryzen 5 1500X CPU outputs less heat than a Athlon X4 860K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Athlon X4 860K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 1500X

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.