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 i7-7700HQ

CORE STATE Kaby Lake-H

CORE SPECS 4 Cores / 8 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.8 Base / 3.8 GHz Turbo

CACHE 6 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 45W

ARCHITECTURE Kaby Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2017

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

310

589

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

1,294

2,456

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

182

346

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

3,081

5,848

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

435

825

passmark_data_compression

62,454

97,136

passmark_data_encryption

1,146

2,366

passmark_extended_instructions

2,156

6,218

passmark_find_prime_numbers

11

22

passmark_floating_point_math

6,049

13,678

passmark_integer_math

19,174

22,143

passmark_multithread

3,625

6,881

passmark_physics

243

489

passmark_random_string_sorting

6,128

12,512

passmark_single_thread

1,658

2,045

passmark_singlethread

1,658

2,045

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

N/A

83

geekbench_multicore

N/A

3,618

geekbench_singlecore

N/A

1,164

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

Athlon X4 970

i7-7700HQ

Core Specs

Cores

4

4 0.0%

Threads

4

8 +100.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.8

2.8 -26.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4

3.8 -5.0%

Frequency (GHz)

3.8

2.8 -26.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4

3.8 -5.0%

Multiplier

38

28 -26.3%

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

—

6 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

45 -30.8%

Architecture

Architecture

Excavator

Kaby Lake

Codename

Bristol Ridge

Kaby Lake-H

Generation

Athlon (Bristol Ridge)

Core i7 (Kaby Lake-H)

Process Size

28 nm

14 nm

Transistors

3,100 million

—

Die Size

250 mm²

126 mm²

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR3, DDR4

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

38.4 GB/s

—

ECC Memory

No

No

DDR4 Speed

—

2400 MT/s

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

Intel BGA 1440

Chipsets

X370, B350, A320

—

PCIe

Gen 3, 8 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

Intel HD Graphics 630

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

End-of-life

Launch Price

—

$378

Part Number

AD970XAUABBOXAD970XAUM44AB

SR32Q

Package

µOPGA-1331

FC-BGA1440

Tj Max

90°C

100°C

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