A8-7680 vs Athlon X4 950

Place in performance ranking	1680	1692
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	3.66	15.78
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Godaveri (2014−2018)
Release date	27 July 2017 (6 years old)	26 October 2018 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$60	no data
Current price	$51 (0.9x MSRP)	$73

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

A8-7680 has 331% better value for money than Athlon X4 950.

Technical specs

Athlon X4 950 and A8-7680 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.8 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	246 mm²	246 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	74 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X4 950 and A8-7680 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	AM4	FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X4 950 and A8-7680. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	no data
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X4 950 and A8-7680 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X4 950 and A8-7680. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4 Dual-channel

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Radeon R7

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon X4 950 2.34
+1.3%

A8-7680 2.31

Athlon X4 950 outperforms A8-7680 by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Athlon X4 950 3588
+1.4%

A8-7680 3537

Athlon X4 950 outperforms A8-7680 by 1% in Passmark.