AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs AMD Athlon X4 870K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4307 points
207% significantly better overall score
1400 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5864 points
117% significantly better gaming score
2698 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3810 points
263% significantly better multitasking score
1049 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points
266% significantly better heavy workload score
1006 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

104.40 points
460% significantly higher Blender score
18.63 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4754 points
293% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1209 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points
142% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
468 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
200% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
3.89 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.1 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
Identical
95 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

409th of 1,089
839th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 5 1600X vs Athlon X4 870K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1600X performs better than the Athlon X4 870K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon X4 870K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 1600X has significantly more cores than the Athlon X4 870K. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600X has 6 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Athlon X4 870K. It also has more threads than the Athlon X4 870K. Our comparison shows that the Athlon X4 870K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 1600X. Also, the Athlon X4 870K has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Athlon X4 870K has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 1600X

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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