AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs AMD PRO A8-8670E

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs AMD 4 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

1445 points
4% slightly better overall score
1388 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2654 points
1% slightly better gaming score
2604 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1105 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
1054 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1061 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
1011 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
Identical
2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

828th of 1,099
848th of 1,099

Phenom II X4 945 vs PRO A8-8670E benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Phenom II X4 945 beats the PRO A8-8670E in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the PRO A8-8670E in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Phenom II X4 945 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the PRO A8-8670E. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Phenom II X4 945 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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