Intel
$370
AMDYD270XBGAFBOX
 $370 

4 Cores, 8 Threads @2.4GHz, Haswell.
Release date: Q1 2013.

8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.7GHz, Zen+.
Release date: Q2 2018.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 201,139 user samples
42,062 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 74% Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 40% Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Poor: 40% Great: 74%
SPEED RANK: 551st / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 62%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 49%
Yacht
159,077 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 89% Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 61% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 0.6 GHz (avg)
Poor: 61% Great: 89%
SPEED RANK: 298th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
61.9 % 75.7 % Faster effective speed.
+22%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
75.8 Pts +1% 75.3 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
82 Pts 113 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+38%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
155 Pts 219 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+41%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
263 Pts 409 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+56%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
379 Pts 708 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+87%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
89.9 Pts +4% 86.7 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
95.3 Pts 128 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+34%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
185 Pts 254 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+37%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
340 Pts 499 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+47%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
489 Pts 911 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+86%
Market Share
Based on 67,748,205 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.02 % 0.26 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,200%
Value
Value For Money
57.2 % 81.7 % Much better value.
+43%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
54 % 70 % More popular.
+30%
Price
Price (score)
$370 $210 Much cheaper.
+43%
Age
Newest
133 Months 72 Months Much more recent.
+46%
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
47 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+55%
105 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
4 cores 8 cores Hugely higher core count.
+100%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
8 threads 16 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+100%
Lithography
Manufacturing process
22 nm 12 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+45%
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
2.4 GHz 3.7 GHz Much faster base frequency.
+54%
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
3.4 GHz 4.3 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+26%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
490 Pts 1276 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+160%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
386 Pts 1096 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+184%
Series
CPU Architecture
Haswell Zen+
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCBGA1364 AM4
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
HD 4600 None
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