3015e vs Athlon X4 970
Aggregate performance score
Athlon X4 970 outperforms 3015e by a minimal 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2347 | 2354 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | 2.47 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Bristol Ridge (2016−2019) | Pollock (Zen) (2020) |
| Release date | 27 July 2017 (8 years ago) | 4 August 2020 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon X4 970 and 3015e 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 74 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon X4 970 and 3015e 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 | no data |
| Socket | AM4 | FT5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 1 MB + 4 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X4 970 and 3015e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X4 970 and 3015e are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X4 970 and 3015e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 600 MHz) |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.50 | 1.49 |
| Recency | 27 July 2017 | 4 August 2020 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 1 Watt |
Athlon X4 970 has a 0.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores.
3015e, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 6400% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between AMD Athlon X4 970 and AMD 3015e.
Note that Athlon X4 970 is a desktop processor while 3015e is a notebook one.
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