FX-4300 vs Phenom II X4 965 benchmarks
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Phenom II X4 965 performs better than the FX-4300. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-4300 in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X4 965 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the FX-4300 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-4300 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Phenom II X4 965. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the FX-4300 has significantly more L2 cache than the Phenom II X4 965. Despite this, the Phenom II X4 965 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the FX-4300.
Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the FX-4300 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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