AMD Phenom II X6 1090T vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600, Both have 6 Cores and 3.2ghz-3.6ghz turbo core, What makes Ryzen faster?

SeriousGaming101

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Hello all, I want to compare these 2 CPUs

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Both CPUs have a base of 3.2ghz and a turbo frequency of 3.6ghz
Both have 6 cores

The Phenom one came out 8 years ago with AM3 and the Ryzen one is more recent with AM4.

I just want to know, what makes the Ryzen much faster than the Phenom because they both have the same amount of cores as well as the base and turbo frequency in terms on 3.2-3.6Ghz.
 
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I've compiled a non-comprehensive list that may help to answer you question. Please read a deep dive on the two architectures if you want a deeper understanding of the performance differences.

Phenom II 1090T (6 x K10 Cores) vs Ryzen R5 1600

Characteristics that don't have a direct impact on performance (though they may allow for some things that do)
Process: 45nm Silicon On Insulator vs 14nm FinFET
904M Transistors vs 4.8B
Die Size...

gasaraki

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OMG, the Ryzen is so much faster. It's like saying which is faster, a Ferrari from the 70s or a 2018 Toyota Camry. Or a Pentium 4 at 3.2 GHz or an i7 at 3.2GHz.

The architecture is totally different. The new CPUs can do more at the same clock speed.
 

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You also have a process node shrink from 45nm to 14nm. Lower power requirements, and usually this also increases the transistor count.

DDR4 support vs DDR3 support.

In terms of motherboard I/O, PCIe 3.0, support for NVMe, this list is actually quite extensive. A very long gap in terms of technology.
 
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I've compiled a non-comprehensive list that may help to answer you question. Please read a deep dive on the two architectures if you want a deeper understanding of the performance differences.

Phenom II 1090T (6 x K10 Cores) vs Ryzen R5 1600

Characteristics that don't have a direct impact on performance (though they may allow for some things that do)
Process: 45nm Silicon On Insulator vs 14nm FinFET
904M Transistors vs 4.8B
Die Size: 346mm2 vs 192mm2

Characteristics that may directly affect performance
TDP: 125W vs 65W
6 core / 6 thread vs 6 core / 12 thread
Instruction fetch and decode: 3 instructions per cycle vs 4 instructions per cycle
Retire queue: 4 instructions per cycle vs 8 instructions per cycle
Clock Frequency: 3.2GHz / 3.6GHz Turbo vs 3.2GHz / 3.7GHz Turbo w/XFR
L1 Cache: 64KB, 2-way D-cache + 64KB, 2-way I-cache vs 32KB, 8-way D-cache + 64Kb, 4-way I-cache
L2 Cache: 3MB vs 3MB, 8-way
L3 Cache: 6MB - 1800MHz vs 16MB (Full Speed?), 16-way
Turbo-Core vs Precision Boost+XFR
Dual channel memory speed: DDR3 1333 vs DDR4-2667[color]
 
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