AMD100-100000051WOF
AMDYD1200BBAEBOX

16 Cores, 32 Threads @3.5GHz, Zen2.
Release date: Q4 2019.

4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.1GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q3 2017.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 133,698 user samples
50,170 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 97% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 79% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.5 GHz (avg)
Poor: 79% Great: 97%
SPEED RANK: 139th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 114%
UFO
83,528 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 68% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 37% Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
Poor: 37% Great: 68%
SPEED RANK: 640th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 57%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 63%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
89.3 % Much faster effective speed.
+57%
57 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
77.2 Pts Lower memory latency.
+19%
64.8 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
139 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+54%
90.4 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
276 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+55%
178 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
543 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+93%
281 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
1074 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+256%
302 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
88.2 Pts Lower OC memory latency.
+17%
75.5 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
150 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+35%
111 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
297 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+36%
219 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
580 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+60%
362 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
1146 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+202%
380 Pts
Market Share
Based on 67,720,883 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.08 % Hugely higher market share.
+167%
0.03 %
Value
Value For Money
75.8 % +0% 75.5 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
60 % 61 % +2%
Price
Price (score)
$506 $100 Hugely cheaper.
+80%
Age
Newest
53 Months Much more recent.
+34%
80 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
105 Watts 65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+38%
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
16 cores Hugely higher core count.
+300%
4 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
32 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+700%
4 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process
7 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+50%
14 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.5 GHz Faster base frequency.
+13%
3.1 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
4.7 GHz Much faster turbo frequency.
+38%
3.4 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
2965 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+668%
386 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
2737 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+800%
304 Pts
Series
CPU Architecture
Zen2 Zen
Socket
Motherboard Socket
AM4 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
None None
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