Intel
$393
AMDYD1400BBAEBOX
 $393 

2 Cores, 4 Threads @1.8GHz, Haswell.
Release date: Q3 2013.

4 Cores, 8 Threads @3.2GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q2 2017.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 110,562 user samples
39,249 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 62% Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 30% Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 30% Great: 62%
SPEED RANK: 791st / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 50%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski
71,313 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 69% Base clock 3.65 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 51% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Poor: 51% Great: 69%
SPEED RANK: 564th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
50.1 % 61 % Faster effective speed.
+22%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
73.2 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+9%
67.2 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
63.9 Pts 92.7 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+45%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
109 Pts 174 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+60%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
158 Pts 297 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+88%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
163 Pts 446 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+174%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
90.3 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+21%
74.8 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
84 Pts 108 Pts Faster OC single-core speed.
+29%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
141 Pts 207 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+47%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
207 Pts 351 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+70%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
206 Pts 538 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+161%
Market Share
Based on 67,720,645 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.01 % 0.03 % Hugely higher market share.
+200%
Value
Value For Money
45.5 % 83.8 % Hugely better value.
+84%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
52 % 60 % More popular.
+15%
Price
Price (score)
$393 $87 Much cheaper.
+78%
Age
Newest
127 Months 84 Months Much more recent.
+34%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
15 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+77%
65 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
2 cores 4 cores Hugely higher core count.
+100%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
4 threads 8 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+100%
Lithography
Manufacturing process
22 nm 14 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+36%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
1.8 GHz 3.2 GHz Much faster base frequency.
+78%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3 GHz 3.4 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+13%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
207 Pts 547 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+164%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
164 Pts 466 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+184%
Series
CPU Architecture
Haswell Zen
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCBGA1168 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
HD 4400 None
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