Intel Core i5-3330 vs AMD Phenom II X4 955

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Phenom II X4 955

Price

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$ 199.00

$ 59.01

$ 139.99 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1786 points

7% slightly better overall score

1654 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3295 points

8% slightly better gaming score

3032 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1364 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

1265 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1310 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

1214 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

24.32 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

18.93 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

3.7 GHz

23% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

759th of 1,089

781st of 1,089

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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-3330 vs Phenom II X4 955 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Phenom II X4 955 beats the Core i5-3330 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-3330 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X4 955 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3330.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-3330 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.