AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs AMD Ryzen Z1

Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Ryzen Z1 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme beats the Ryzen Z1 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen Z1 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen Z1 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z1. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Z1. Also, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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 Ryzen Z1 Extreme has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen Z1. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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