AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs AMD PRO A8-8670E

Compare AMD Ryzen Z1 8 core CPU vs AMD 4 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

6328 points
355% significantly better overall score
1388 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7752 points
197% significantly better gaming score
2604 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5895 points
459% significantly better multitasking score
1054 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5789 points
472% significantly better heavy workload score
1011 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
300% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

242nd of 1,107
854th of 1,107

Family

The product line

Ryzen Z1
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Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs PRO A8-8670E comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme performs better than the PRO A8-8670E. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the PRO A8-8670E in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the PRO A8-8670E that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the PRO A8-8670E. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the PRO A8-8670E. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the PRO A8-8670E

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 Z1 Extreme has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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