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16 Cores, 32 Threads @4.3GHz, Zen5.
Release date: Q3 2024.

4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.8GHz, Piledriver.
Release date: Q4 2012.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 55,552 user samples
98 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 133% Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.45 GHz (avg)
Poor bench: 101% Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Poor: 101% Great: 133%
SPEED RANK: 28th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 118%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 121%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 163%
UFO
55,454 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 60% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 36% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
Poor: 36% Great: 60%
SPEED RANK: 770th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 52%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 57%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
118 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+128%
51.6 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
78.4 Pts +2% 77.2 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
229 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+300%
57.2 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
448 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+339%
102 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
840 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+449%
153 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
1,598 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+893%
161 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
90.8 Pts +2% 89.1 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
243 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+250%
69.5 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
486 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+283%
127 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
949 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+374%
200 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
1,856 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+828%
200 Pts
Market Share
Based on 69,052,451 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.02 % Hugely higher market share.
+100%
0.01 %
Value
Value For Money
92.3 % Better value.
+24%
74.5 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
52 % 54 % +4%
Price
Price (score)
$678 $73 Hugely cheaper.
+89%
Age
Newest
3 Months Hugely more recent.
+98%
145 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
170 Watts 95 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+44%
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
4 nm Hugely newer manufacturing.
+88%
32 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
4.3 GHz Faster base frequency.
+13%
3.8 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
5.7 GHz Much faster turbo frequency.
+42%
4 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
4,733 Pts Insanely faster OC 64-core speed.
+2,266%
200 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
4,240 Pts Insanely faster 64-core speed.
+2,517%
162 Pts
Series
CPU Architecture
Zen5 Piledriver
Socket
Motherboard Socket
AM5 AM3+
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
RDNA2 None

The Ryzen 9000 CPUs have the same integrated graphics, PCIe lanes, USB support and DRAM controller as the Ryzen 7000 series. The only difference is improved cores which have moved from TSMC's 5 nm process to 4 nm. The new cores offer 15% more performance under cherry-picked conditions but for latency-sensitive workloads, like gaming, they are just few percent faster. The 9600X, 9700X, 9900X, and 9950X are priced at $280, $360, $500, and $650, respectively, making them $80-$200 USD more expensive than the 7000 series. Since the 7000 series flopped (7800X3D somewhat excluded) due to unrealistic pricing, slow boot times, high platform costs and windows gamebar requirements etc., the 9000 series is more or less DOA. When the 9000X3D variants launch (expected in early 2025) gamers who play cache sensitive games such as SoTTR or Factorio with a 4090 and don’t mind frame drops, may find value in the 9800X3D. Meanwhile, Intel’s 12th and 13th gen CPUs continue to offer the best value for money in today’s market. Furthermore, Intel is scheduled to launch Arrow-Lake (est. +10% performance vs 14th gen) and Lunar-Lake (snapdragon competitive x86 battery life) this year, but they face serious challenges due to reliance on marketers who are mostly funded by AMD. Even if Arrow and Lunar Lake deliver stellar performance, without significant improvements in social media marketing: forums, reddit, youtube etc., Intel now face the very real risk of bankruptcy (third worst-performing S&P500 stock from Jan to Aug 2024). [Aug '24 CPUPro]

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The AMD FX-4300 is a budget quad-core processor which unlike its predecessor, the Bulldozer FX-4100, is based on the Piledriver micro-architecture which was released in Q4 of 2012. Its base clock speed of 3.8 GHz boosts to 4.0 GHz in turbo mode and with appropriate cooling can be overclocked to speeds of over 4.5 GHz. Even though these numbers are impressive, the real world effective speed is only 66. This is ok for general computing and even gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. The user experience will, however, be noticeably snappier with a CPU that has better single-core performance. Whilst the FX-4300 is cheap, it’s not so differently priced from the hexa core FX-6300 which offers significantly improved multi-core performance. [Nov '14 CPUPro]

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