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 i7-8550U

CORE STATE Kaby Lake-R

CORE SPECS 4 Cores / 8 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 1800 Base / 4 GHz Turbo

CACHE 8 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 15W

ARCHITECTURE Kaby Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2017

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

310

499

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

1,294

2,082

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

182

294

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

3,081

4,959

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

435

700

passmark_data_compression

62,454

74,223

passmark_data_encryption

1,146

1,944

passmark_extended_instructions

2,156

4,665

passmark_find_prime_numbers

11

22

passmark_floating_point_math

6,049

12,523

passmark_integer_math

19,174

20,770

passmark_multithread

3,625

5,835

passmark_physics

243

451

passmark_random_string_sorting

6,128

9,902

passmark_single_thread

1,658

2,021

passmark_singlethread

1,658

2,021

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

N/A

70

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

Athlon X4 970

i7-8550U

Core Specs

Cores

4

4 0.0%

Threads

4

8 +100.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.8

1,800 +47268.4%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4

4 0.0%

Frequency (GHz)

3.8

1,800 +47268.4%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4

4 0.0%

Multiplier

38

18 -52.6%

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

—

8 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

15 -76.9%

Architecture

Architecture

Excavator

Kaby Lake

Codename

Bristol Ridge

Kaby Lake-R

Generation

Athlon (Bristol Ridge)

Core i7 (Kaby Lake-U Refresh)

Process Size

28 nm

14 nm

Transistors

3,100 million

—

Die Size

250 mm²

123 mm²

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

—

Memory Bandwidth

38.4 GB/s

—

ECC Memory

No

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

Intel BGA 1356

Chipsets

X370, B350, A320

—

PCIe

Gen 3, 8 Lanes(CPU only)

—

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

UHD 620

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Part Number

AD970XAUABBOXAD970XAUM44AB

SR3LC

Package

µOPGA-1331

FC-BGA1356

Tj Max

90°C

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