Phenom II X4 980 vs Ryzen 5 7430U comparison
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7430U is faster than the Phenom II X4 980. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X4 980 in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 7430U has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Phenom II X4 980 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Phenom II X4 980. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 980 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7430U. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 7430U has more L2 cache than the Phenom II X4 980. The Ryzen 5 7430U also has significantly more L3 cache.
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. For instance, the Phenom II X4 980 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.
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