AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Atom D2550

Ryzen 7 1700X vs Atom D2550 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 1700X performs better than the Atom D2550. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Atom D2550 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 1700X has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Atom D2550 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Atom D2550. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 1700X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Atom D2550. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700X has significantly more L2 cache than the Atom D2550

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 7 1700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.