AMD Phenom II X4 B50 vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs AMD 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
2% slightly better overall score
1496 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2816 points
0.11% slightly better gaming score
2813 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1171 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
1133 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1124 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
1088 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
Identical
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
Identical
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

803rd of 1,089
809th of 1,089

Phenom II X4 B50 vs Phenom II X4 960T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Phenom II X4 B50 beats the Phenom II X4 960T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X4 960T 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 Phenom II X4 B50 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X4 960T. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and 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 B50 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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