AMD Phenom II X4 B50 vs AMD Athlon X4 950

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs AMD Athlon X4 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

1534 points

1565 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2816 points

2930 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1171 points

1186 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1124 points

1136 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.5 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

Identical

2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

803rd of 1,089

792nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Athlon X4

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Phenom II X4 B50 vs Athlon X4 950 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon X4 950 performs better than the Phenom II X4 B50. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X4 B50 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Athlon X4 950 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X4 B50. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches

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 B50 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.