Measured to tell you 499 yuan Athlon X4 950 in the end how much pit! ?

[PConline evaluation] last week we PConline evaluation room out of an article "to be AM4 motherboard friends pay attention, do not be JS flicker buy Athlon X4 950" analysis article, I believe everyone on this new AM4 interface Athlon The X4 950 has a general idea.

However, some netizens raised doubts by saying: “Where does Athlon sell only less than 500 yuan?” This is also true, and it's better to write a whole lot than to tell one by one. Useful! Therefore, we have made a detailed comparative evaluation of the Athlon X4 950 today. The actual measured data are justified and the complaints are not welcome.

If you read this article for the first time, I suggest you look at the previous analysis article. There is really no time to read the Acronym X4 950. (Before seen, please ignore this part directly)

The Athlon X4 950 is the non-core version of AMD's seventh-generation APU, so it shares a code name of Bristol Ridge with the seven-generation APU, while the product line is classified in the Athlon X4 series, using the AM4 interface, compatible with the X370 /B350, but it is neither a sharp-turned framework nor an APU series, so AMD has also specifically helped it with an exclusive name: NPU!

2 The process stays in the previous generation 28nm process, and is the same as the Athlon X4 880K/870K of the previous generation FM2+ interface. Although the structure is upgraded from pile driver to excavator (Godavari→Excavator), it is an old way of modular design. The performance of the architecture is not as amazing as Ryzen.

3 Due to the fact that the current Ruilong R3 is not yet available, 2017 Q1/Q2 AMD has no new products in the entry market. It is in a blank period. The Athlon X4 with the old architecture and new interface will be used to fill the low-end gap. The upgrade of the previous generation Athlon X4. However, in fact, the new Athlon X4 950 has a frequency of only 3.5-3.8 GHz. However, the frequency of the architecture energy efficiency is not changed under the precondition of qualitative change. Therefore, the CPU performance is inferior to that of the previous generation. (The following evaluation will confirm this)

In general, the Athlon X4 950 compared to the previous generation Athlon's "upgrade" is mainly reflected in the fine-tuning of the architecture, the replacement of the new AM4 interface is compatible with the new X370/B350 motherboard, support for DDR4 memory and NVMe protocol SSD (M. 2). However, the CPU frequency decreases, and the supported NVMe protocol SSDs can only take the PCIe 3.0 X2 channel instead of the full-speed PCIe 3.0 X4. This kind of upgrade is a little tasteless.

In the moment of the AM4 platform becoming a popular installed program, the most feared is that JS took such a CPU to whisper Xiaobai users that they picked up AMD's latest hottest Ryzen platform.

● Our evaluation method

AMD's positioning for the Athlon X4 950 is a $500 entry market. It will replace the Athlon X4 880K/870K at the same price point, and the Intel's enhanced Hyper-Threading new Pentium G4560 will be involved in this evaluation. There are four Athlon X4 950, 880K, 870K and Pentium G4560 CPUs.

Mainly from the CPU theoretical performance, game performance, power consumption, three aspects, in the CPU game performance testing in order to ensure that the graphics card does not become a CPU bottleneck, we with the NV public version of the GTX1080 graphics card. (So ​​spray does not say that entry-level CPU with the top graphics card is a brain residual collocation), although with a high-end graphics card but the entry-level CPU performance is always limited, so our game test 1080p resolution option, the quality is set very high or high.

● Introduction to test platform

● CPU theoretical performance test

Fritz Chess Benchmark is a computer chess force test program that comes with chess software. Because it supports CPU multithreading, and it does a lot of scientific calculations, it is often used to test the scientific computing capabilities of computers. It uses the algorithm of AI to think about chess's algorithm. To test the computer's ability to run chess, the higher the score, the stronger the performance.

wPrime is a software (especially a parallel capability) that tests the computing power of a computer by calculating the number of primes. The shorter the time, the better the computing performance.

CPU-Z is a well-known CPU detection software. It is a software that detects the highest degree of CPU usage. The supported CPU types are quite comprehensive. The software's startup speed and detection speed are very fast. In addition, its new Benchmark can effectively test the single-core and multi-core CPU performance. The higher the score, the better the performance!

● 3DMark series physical operation test

● Common software performance testing

WinRAR is a powerful compressed package manager, which uses its equal size file for compression time testing, which can effectively detect the performance of the CPU. The less time, the better the performance.

● Professional software performance test

TMPGEnc is a set of old high-quality video code conversion tools developed by Japanese companies. Expert group with more than 15 years of video conversion and editing software experience. The ability to perform format conversion and encoding software on its peer-to-peer capacity video files can effectively test CPU performance. The less time spent, the better the performance!

CineBench is a persuasive set of CPU and graphics test systems. The latest is the R15 version can support up to 256 logic cores, and also enhanced the investigation of shaders, anti-aliasing, shadows, lights, and reflection blur, for CPU performance. The detection is more accurate, the higher the score, the stronger the performance!

Using Adobe Premiere Pro to transcode and export the same video file can effectively test the CPU's encoding capabilities, and the less time it takes, the better the performance.

Test Summary: From the test results point of view, in addition to wprim Athlon X4 950 can take the lead, other projects are behind the old Athlon and G4560, the default frequency is too conservative. The CPU-Z and 3DMark run points are tied with the Athlon X4 880K. For video conversion, encoding, rendering and other multimedia capabilities, Pentium G4560 is always better than the old and new Athlon.

●CPU game performance test

Test summary: In terms of games, also limited by the conservative default frequency, the performance of the Athlon X4 950 is not as good as that of the old Athlon. Compared to the Pentium G4560, it is also being beaten.

● Platform power consumption comparison test

Test Summary: In terms of power consumption, the new Athlon X4 950 finally has the opportunity to perform. Under the same 28nm process, the power consumption level is much lower than that of the old A-axis of the pile driver architecture. The excavator meritorious service. The Prime95 is fully loaded with about 109W, which is nearly 50W lower than the old Athlon. Compared to the new Pentium 14nm process, it is only 20+W more.

PConline evaluation room summary:

100% of the overall performance of the CPU (without game results)

Combined with all the above CPU test results, the new Athlon X4 950 is about 10% behind the old Athlon 880K, behind the opponent's new Pentium G4560 is about 38%, multi-threaded capabilities, quad-core and four-threaded beat dual-core four threads, single-core The same performance was whipped, AMD entry new or quickly put Ruilong R3 out, for the new Athlon interface to beat ....

According to 3DMark's physics results, the new Athlon X4 950 and old Athlon X4 880K have the same result, so they sit on an equal footing in the ladder diagram, but because the new Athlon frequency is lower than the old Athlon, the overall performance is still faster than the old one. The dragon is a little lower. Therefore, the layout of the ladder diagram is for reference only. .

1 performance: the new Athlon X4 950 compared to the previous generation Athlon X4 880K can not be said to upgrade, the default only 3.5-3.8GHz frequency makes its overall performance behind the old Athlon about 8-10%, in some test items On items such as wPrime and CPU-Z, which emphasize the ability to calculate prime numbers, they do have advantages, and they can counterattack at low frequencies. There is no advantage in other aspects. The same performance at the same frequency and the previous generation Athlon X4 is equivalent.

2 Market positioning and price: positioning entry, Athlon X4 880K/870K with the FM2+ interface replaced by the same price point, and AMD has not yet played the role of a salvage player during the appearance of the entry product of the Zen rollover architecture to fill gaps in the product line, which is equivalent to "AMD's Broadwell", the future of the AMD Athlon R3 or Zen architecture listed on the Athlon, it will no longer matter, the current price of Intel's new Pentium G4560, but the performance difference of 38%! Do not recommend the user to buy.

3 power consumption: the same 28nm technology, compared to the old Athlon's power consumption has a certain decline.

Originally wanted to buy Ruilong, but it was fooled into buying Dragon.

Previous article on Athlon X4 950 analysis articles in the comments of users, the author here to express their own views.

● Buy Athlon X4 950 is for future upgrades?

Some netizens said: "The price of less than 500, and the potential for upgrading, as well as the performance of entry, is not required or can be used as a transition." This statement at first glance is no problem, and it makes sense, But when you think about it, you will find out where the problem lies.

If you are a low-demand user, you do not want to buy this product originally intended to upgrade in the future, what you want is the most cost-effective CPU on the entry price, why not choose the new Pentium G4560? If you buy it for future upgrades, do you plan to raise R5 or R7? If it is R5, then it is recommended that you directly put R5 1400 in place. R5 1400 currently sells for about 1099. Some time ago, the bargain price was as low as 899 yuan, which is a difference of 400-500 yuan. Why is this so frustrating? In the future intends to rise R7 or wait for the 2nd generation Zen architecture, it is not recommended that you use the Athlon X4 950 as a transition, entry CPU does not preserve the value of future use of the second-hand processing are more difficult to find access to disk man, especially the new interface of the old architecture Introductory CPU, then the disk man is more willing to accept Ruilong R3 than it. Sao year, wash and sleep ~

● AMD rely on it to occupy the entry market?

Some netizens believe that "AMD will be the Athlon X4 950 to account for the entry market." This argument is not reliable. Compared with the previous generation of Athlon, although it is the same price to replace the upgrade, but there is no "upgraded name" and no "upgrade", you have to push a higher frequency. Dragon, so as to avoid the performance of an upgrade after the fall but the embarrassment.

Competing against rival Intel, Hyper-Threaded enhanced version of the new Pentium, performance has reached the level of quasi-i3, do not i3 shot, hyper-threaded Pentium can hang this new Athlon X4 950, how to occupy the entry-level market? The author believes that such products should actually be honest in the OEM world.

● With AM4 motherboard, support DDR4 and NVMe protocol SSD will not be pitted?

There are also some sprayers who think that the price of less than 500 yuan to buy with the new AM4 motherboard and support M.2 SSD, there is room for upgrades, buy Athlon X4 950 is not flicker. Compared with the previous generation Athlon X4 880K/870K performance did not increase but decreased, in order to keep up with the trend of DDR4 memory and M.2 SSD and choose it, simply lost a sesame lost watermelon, especially in the game performance . Will beginners consider NVMe SSD? Even if you think about it, the Athlon X4 950 can only provide the PCIe 3.0 X2 channel to the ribs. Yes, buying a new one does not buy the old one, but what is embarrassing is that the new one is not as good as the old one. What's more, does the opposite Intel home have a better new Pentium? Just need the user does not have to pay for temporary workers to fill up, if you still insist on upgrading the argument, I suggest you wait for the second half of the Ruilong R3 one step in place.

CPUAMD Athlon X4 950K/880K/870K Intel Pentium G4560 motherboard FM2+ platform: ASUS A88X-Plus,
AM4 Platform: ASUS PRIME B350-Plus
LGA1151 Platform: ASUS PRIME Z270-A Memory Agilent XPG DDR4-2400 8G×2
Zhiqi DDR3-2133 8G×2
The actual operating frequency is based on the support of their respective CPUs. The hard disk master SSD is used: A-DATA SU800 512GB
Subdisk SSD: GALAXY GAMER 512GB graphics card NV GTX1080 public version of the power supply Rhine X-650 rated 650W gold full module power supply Operating System Windows 10 x64 Professional Graphics Card Driver NVIDIA GeForce 382.33 WHQL Evaluation Software

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