AMD FX-9800P vs AMD Athlon II X2 245

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs AMD 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

763 points

788 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1432 points

1715 points

19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

581 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

564 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

559 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

541 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

17.61 points

211% significantly higher Blender score

5.65 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1121 points

116% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

518 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

495 points

64% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

300 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz

2.9 GHz

7% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

1 MiB

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1,014th of 1,089

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FX-9800P vs Athlon II X2 245 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Athlon II X2 245 beats the FX-9800P in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-9800P in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the FX-9800P has significantly more cores than the Athlon II X2 245. Indeed, the FX-9800P has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Athlon II X2 245. It also has more threads than the Athlon II X2 245. Our comparison shows that the Athlon II X2 245 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-9800P. In terms of cache, the FX-9800P has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Athlon II X2 245

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 FX-9800P has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.