Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Athlon 64 X2 4800+

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4800+ and Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated343
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data28.09
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Series2x Athlon 64 (Desktop)AMD Ryzen 7
Power efficiencyno data16.06
Architecture codenameWindsor (2006−2007)Vermeer (Zen3) (2020−2022)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)20 April 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4800+ and Ryzen 7 5800X3D basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speedno data3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus rate1000 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data96 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nm7 nm, 12 nm
Die sizeno data74 + 125 mm
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data90 °C
Number of transistorsno data8,850 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4800+ and Ryzen 7 5800X3D compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
Socketno dataAM4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4800+ and Ryzen 7 5800X3D. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data86x MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A,-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4800+ and Ryzen 7 5800X3D are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4800+ and Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4800+ and Ryzen 7 5800X3D.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 679
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 28302
+4068%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 1798
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 14479
+705%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 90 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 105 Watt

Athlon 64 X2 4800+ has 61.5% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 5800X3D, on the other hand, has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 4800+ and Ryzen 7 5800X3D. We've got no test results to judge.


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