AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Phenom II X4 955

Ryzen 5 1600 vs Phenom II X4 955 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1600 performs better than the Phenom II X4 955. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X4 955 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 1600 has significantly more cores than the Phenom II X4 955. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Phenom II X4 955. It also has more threads than the Phenom II X4 955. With our hardware info, we find that the Phenom II X4 955 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 1600. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 1600 has more L2 cache than the Phenom II X4 955

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.