AMD Phenom II X4 980 vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Phenom II X4 980 vs Ryzen 7 9700X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 9700X performs better 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 7 9700X has significantly more cores with 8 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 Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X4 980. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9700X has significantly more L2 cache than the Phenom II X4 980. The Ryzen 7 9700X 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 980 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.