Athlon X4 870K vs Ryzen 5 1600X

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 1600X and Athlon X4 870K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	925	1864
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.49	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Power efficiency	8.19	2.14
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Godaveri (2014−2016)
Release date	16 March 2017 (7 years ago)	December 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1600X and Athlon X4 870K 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	12	4
Base clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	4.1 GHz
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	36	no data
L1 cache	576 KB	256K
L2 cache	3 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	213 mm2	245 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	4800 Million	2,411 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1600X and Athlon X4 870K 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)	95 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1600X and Athlon X4 870K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1600X and Athlon X4 870K are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1600X and Athlon X4 870K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3-2133
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1600X and Athlon X4 870K.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	24	16

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	8.22	2.15
Physical cores	6	4
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm

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