A8-7680 vs Ryzen 5 1500X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 1500X and A8-7680 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1122	1825
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.94	15.78
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	AMD A8
Power efficiency	8.34	4.69
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Excavator (2017−2018)
Release date	16 March 2017 (7 years ago)	26 October 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$189	$56

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

A8-7680 has 437% better value for money than Ryzen 5 1500X.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1500X and A8-7680 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.8 GHz
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	35	38
L1 cache	384 KB	128K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	213 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	4800 Million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1500X and A8-7680 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	AM4	FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and A8-7680. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and A8-7680 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and A8-7680. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3
Maximum memory size	64 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	14.936 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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Radeon R7 Series

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and A8-7680.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	5.75	2.24
Recency	16 March 2017	26 October 2018
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt

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