Atom 230 vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX and Atom 230 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.05no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Power efficiency23.06no data
Architecture codenameStorm Peak (2023)Silverthorne (2008−2010)
Release date19 October 2023 (1 year ago)2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,349$29

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX and Atom 230 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 cores64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads1282
Base clock speed3.2 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed5.1 GHz0.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rateno data533.33 MT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cache64 KB (per core)56 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache256 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography5 nm45 nm
Die size8x 71 mm225.9638 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors52,560 million47 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-
Unlocked multiplier+-
VID voltage rangeno data0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX and Atom 230 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketsTR5PBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX and Atom 230. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX and Atom 230 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX and Atom 230 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX and Atom 230. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5no data
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/A-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX and Atom 230.

PCIe version5.0no data
PCI Express lanes128no 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.



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.

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX 135433
+80038%
Atom 230 169

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 October 2023 2 April 2008
Physical cores 64 1
Threads 128 2
Chip lithography 5 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 4 Watt

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX has an age advantage of 15 years, 6300% more physical cores and 6300% more threads, and a 800% more advanced lithography process.

Atom 230, on the other hand, has 8650% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX and Atom 230. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX is a server/workstation processor while Atom 230 is a notebook one.


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