AMD Athlon II X2 370K vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon II X2 370K		AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
CPU comparison AMD Athlon II X2 370K or AMD Ryzen 7 5700X - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Athlon II X2 370K has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X2 370K was released in Q2/2013. The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X was released in Q2/2022.

AMD Athlon II (52)	Family	AMD Ryzen 7 (68)
AMD Athlon II X2 (Richland) (1)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 5000 (12)
4	Generation	4
Richland	Architecture	Vermeer (Zen 3)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
--	Successor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Athlon II X2 370K has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon II X2 370K is 4.00 GHz (4.20 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X is at 3.40 GHz (4.60 GHz).
AMD Athlon II X2 370K	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
2	Cores	8
2	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	Yes
4.00 GHz	Frequency	3.40 GHz
4.20 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.60 GHz
4.20 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	4.20 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Athlon II X2 370K	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD Athlon II X2 370K or AMD Ryzen 7 5700X has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
--	GPU Generation	--
	Technology
	Max. displays
--	Compute units	--
--	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	--
--	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
No	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	No
No	Codec VC-1	No
No	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD Athlon II X2 370K can use up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 14.9 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.
AMD Athlon II X2 370K	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
DDR3-1866	Memory	DDR4-3200
	Max. Memory	128 GB
1 (Single Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
14.9 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	4.00 MB
1.00 MB	L3 Cache	32.00 MB
--	PCIe version	4.0
--	PCIe lanes	20
--	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon II X2 370K is 65 W, while the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Athlon II X2 370K	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	90 °C
Technical details The AMD Athlon II X2 370K is manufactured in 32 nm and has 1.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 36.00 MB cache.
AMD Athlon II X2 370K	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
32 nm	Technology	7 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
FM2	Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)
AMD-V	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
No	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2013	Release date	Q2/2022
45 $	Release price	299 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X2 370K (36%)

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X2 370K (6%)

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Athlon II X2 370K 2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz	1505 (6%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	26815 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X2 370K 2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz	90 (36%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	253 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X2 370K 2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz	147 (6%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	2307 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Athlon II X2 370K 2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	93 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Athlon II X2 370K 2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	852 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X2 370K 2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1532 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X2 370K 2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	14230 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X2 370K 2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1717 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X2 370K 2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	11380 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Athlon II X2 370K 2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	2114 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Athlon II X2 370K 2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	10745 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X2 370K 2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	588 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X2 370K 2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	5330 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.


	AMD Athlon II X2 370K 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 14,230 CB R23 MC @ 92 W	155 (100%)

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