CPU Comparison

A

AMD

AMD

AMD Athlon X4 970

CORE STATE Bristol Ridge

CORE SPECS 4 Cores / 4 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.8 Base / 4 GHz Turbo

CACHE —

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Excavator

nm

PROCESS 28 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2017

VS

i

Intel

INTEL

Core i5-8500

CORE STATE Coffee Lake

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 6 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3 Base / 4.1 GHz Turbo

CACHE 9 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2018

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

310

816

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

1,294

3,402

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

182

480

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

3,081

8,100

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

435

1,143

passmark_data_compression

62,454

134,673

passmark_data_encryption

1,146

3,027

passmark_extended_instructions

2,156

11,480

passmark_find_prime_numbers

11

36

passmark_floating_point_math

6,049

22,489

passmark_integer_math

19,174

26,551

passmark_multithread

3,625

9,532

passmark_physics

243

628

passmark_random_string_sorting

6,128

16,294

passmark_single_thread

1,658

2,441

passmark_singlethread

1,658

2,441

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

N/A

115

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

Athlon X4 970

i5-8500

Core Specs

Cores

4

6 +50.0%

Threads

4

6 +50.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.8

3 -21.1%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4

4.1 +2.5%

Frequency (GHz)

3.8

3 -21.1%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4

4.1 +2.5%

Multiplier

38

30 -21.1%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

320 KB

64 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

2 MB

256 KB (per core)

L3 Cache

—

9 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

65 0.0%

Architecture

Architecture

Excavator

Coffee Lake

Codename

Bristol Ridge

Coffee Lake

Generation

Athlon (Bristol Ridge)

Core i5 (Coffee Lake)

Process Size

28 nm

14 nm

Transistors

3,100 million

—

Die Size

250 mm²

154 mm²

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

38.4 GB/s

42.7 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

Intel Socket 1151

Chipsets

X370, B350, A320

—

PCIe

Gen 3, 8 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

UHD Graphics 630

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

End-of-life

Launch Price

—

$192

Part Number

AD970XAUABBOXAD970XAUM44AB

SR3XE

Package

µOPGA-1331

FC-LGA1151

Tj Max

90°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

—

E97379-001

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