AMD FX-8320E vs AMD Phenom II X6 1055T

FX-8320E vs Phenom II X6 1055T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the FX-8320E is faster than the Phenom II X6 1055T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X6 1055T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X6 1055T has significantly more cores than the FX-8320E. Indeed, the Phenom II X6 1055T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the FX-8320E. Despite this, the FX-8320E has more threads than the Phenom II X6 1055T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-8320E has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X6 1055T. In terms of cache, the Phenom II X6 1055T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the FX-8320E. Despite this, the FX-8320E has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Phenom II X6 1055T.

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-8320E has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.