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 i7-7820X

CORE STATE Skylake-X

CORE SPECS 8 Cores / 16 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.6 Base / 4.5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 11 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 140W

ARCHITECTURE Skylake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2017

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

310

1,472

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

1,294

6,135

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

182

866

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

3,081

14,608

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

435

2,062

passmark_data_compression

62,454

N/A

passmark_data_encryption

1,146

N/A

passmark_extended_instructions

2,156

N/A

passmark_find_prime_numbers

11

N/A

passmark_floating_point_math

6,049

N/A

passmark_integer_math

19,174

N/A

passmark_multithread

3,625

N/A

passmark_physics

243

N/A

passmark_random_string_sorting

6,128

N/A

passmark_single_thread

1,658

N/A

passmark_singlethread

1,658

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

N/A

207

geekbench_multicore

N/A

7,855

geekbench_singlecore

N/A

1,422

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

Athlon X4 970

i7-7820X

Core Specs

Cores

4

8 +100.0%

Threads

4

16 +300.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.8

3.6 -5.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4

4.5 +12.5%

Frequency (GHz)

3.8

3.6 -5.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4

4.5 +12.5%

Multiplier

38

36 -5.3%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

320 KB

64 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

2 MB

1 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

—

11 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

140 +115.4%

Architecture

Architecture

Excavator

Skylake

Codename

Bristol Ridge

Skylake-X

Generation

Athlon (Bristol Ridge)

Core i7 (X-Series 7th Gen)

Process Size

28 nm

14 nm

Transistors

3,100 million

—

Die Size

250 mm²

—

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Quad-channel

Memory Bandwidth

38.4 GB/s

85.3 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

Intel Socket 2066

Chipsets

X370, B350, A320

—

PCIe

Gen 3, 8 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 3, 28 Lanes(CPU only)

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

End-of-life

Launch Price

—

$599

Part Number

AD970XAUABBOXAD970XAUM44AB

SR3L5

Package

µOPGA-1331

FC-LGA2066

Tj Max

90°C

99°C

Bundled Cooler

—

None

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