AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Phenom II X4 955

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 99.99
$ 59.01
$ 40.98 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4361 points
163% significantly better overall score
1654 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points
96% significantly better gaming score
3032 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points
203% significantly better multitasking score
1265 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points
206% significantly better heavy workload score
1214 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Ryzen 5 2600 and the Phenom II X4 955? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points
461% significantly higher Blender score
18.93 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
3.7 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
499% significantly more L2 cache
0.5 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th of 1,089
781st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
-

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
-

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Phenom II X4 955 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2600 is faster 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 2600 has significantly more cores than the Phenom II X4 955. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 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 2600. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly 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 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons