AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Phenom II X4 945

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Phenom II X4 945 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 2600 performs better than the Phenom II X4 945. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Phenom II X4 945 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly more cores than the Phenom II X4 945. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Phenom II X4 945. It also has more threads than the Phenom II X4 945. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Phenom II X4 945. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 2600 has more L2 cache than the Phenom II X4 945. The Ryzen 5 2600 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.