Phenom II X4 945 vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme comparison
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Phenom II X4 945 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Phenom II X4 945. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X4 945. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has significantly more L2 cache than the Phenom II X4 945. The Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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. 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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