AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs AMD Phenom II X4 945

Ryzen 9 5950X vs Phenom II X4 945 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5950X 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Phenom II X4 945 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Phenom II X4 945. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X4 945. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5950X has significantly more L2 cache than the Phenom II X4 945. The Ryzen 9 5950X 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 9 5950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.