Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Pentium A1018
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 9 7950X3D outperforms Pentium A1018 by a whopping 5073% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium A1018 and Ryzen 9 7950X3D processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2541 | 60 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 63.67 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | no data | AMD Ryzen 9 |
| Architecture codename | no data | Raphael (Zen4) |
| Release date | 1 July 2013 (11 years ago) | 4 January 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $699 |
| Current price | no data | $689 (1x MSRP) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Pentium A1018 and Ryzen 9 7950X3D 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 | no data | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | no data | 32 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 4.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 5.7 GHz |
| Bus support | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L1 cache | no data | 1 MB |
| L2 cache | no data | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | no data | 5 nm |
| Die size | no data | 2x 71 mm (CCD) sq. mm + 121 (I/O) mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 89 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 47 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 13140 Million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | Yes |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium A1018 and Ryzen 9 7950X3D 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 | no data | AM5 (LGA 1718) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 120 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium A1018 and Ryzen 9 7950X3D. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 86x MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A,-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512F, FMA3, SHA, XFR2, Precision Boost 2 |
| AES-NI | no data | + |
| AVX | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium A1018 and Ryzen 9 7950X3D are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium A1018 and Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR5-5200 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 128 GB |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | - | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium A1018 and Ryzen 9 7950X3D.
| PCIe version | no data | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 24 |
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.
Ryzen 9 7950X3D outperforms Pentium A1018 by 5073% based on our aggregate 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%
Ryzen 9 7950X3D outperforms Pentium A1018 by 5058% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.78 | 40.35 |
| Recency | 1 July 2013 | 4 January 2023 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 120 Watt |
Pentium A1018 has 242.9% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 9 7950X3D, on the other hand, has a 5073.1% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 9 years.
The Ryzen 9 7950X3D is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium A1018 in performance tests.
Be aware that Pentium A1018 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 9 7950X3D is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium A1018 and Ryzen 9 7950X3D, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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