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Athlon X4 950 vs Core i5-8265U


Description
The 950 is based on Excavator architecture while the i5-8265U is based on Whiskey Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 950 gets a score of 99.8 k points while the i5-8265U gets 143.2 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-8265U is 1.4 times faster than the 950. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
660f51
806ec
Core
Bristol Ridge
Whiskey Lake-U
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.5 GHz
1.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.8 GHz
3.9 GHz
Socket
AM4
BGA1528
Cores/Threads
4/4
4/8
TDP
65 W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x96+4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
2x1024 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
0 kB
6144 kB
Date
September 2016
August 2018
Mean monothread perf.
34.93k points
46.67k points
Mean multithread perf.
99.8k points
143.23k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
950
i5-8265U
Test#1 (Integers)
12.44k
19.19k (x1.54)
Test#2 (FP)
15.96k
17.47k (x1.09)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.54k
4.04k (x1.14)
Test#1 (Memory)
3k
5.97k (x1.99)
TOTAL
34.93k
46.67k (x1.34)

Multithread

950

i5-8265U
Test#1 (Integers)
40.75k
64.43k (x1.58)
Test#2 (FP)
42.07k
61.91k (x1.47)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
12.53k
13.36k (x1.07)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.45k
3.52k (x0.79)
TOTAL
99.8k
143.23k (x1.44)

Performance/W
950
i5-8265U
Test#1 (Integers)
627 points/W
4296 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
647 points/W
4128 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
193 points/W
890 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
68 points/W
235 points/W
TOTAL
1535 points/W
9548 points/W

Performance/GHz
950
i5-8265U
Test#1 (Integers)
3274 points/GHz
4920 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
4199 points/GHz
4478 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
931 points/GHz
1037 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
788 points/GHz
1531 points/GHz
TOTAL
9193 points/GHz
11966 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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