AMD Phenom II X4 960T vs AMD FX-870K

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

1496 points
4% slightly better overall score
1430 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2813 points
3% slightly better gaming score
2728 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1133 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
1078 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1088 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
1035 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.6 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
4 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

809th of 1,089
830th of 1,089

Phenom II X4 960T vs FX-870K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Phenom II X4 960T beats the FX-870K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-870K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Phenom II X4 960T has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the FX-870K that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-870K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X4 960T. In terms of cache, the FX-870K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Phenom II X4 960T

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 960T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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