Intel Core i9-10850K vs AMD Phenom II X4 945

Core i9-10850K vs Phenom II X4 945 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10850K performs better than the Phenom II X4 945. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X4 945 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10850K has significantly more cores than the Phenom II X4 945. Indeed, the Core i9-10850K has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Phenom II X4 945. It also has more threads than the Phenom II X4 945. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10850K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X4 945. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-10850K has slightly more L2 cache than the Phenom II X4 945. The Core i9-10850K also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. Indeed, the Core i9-10850K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.