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    AMD Athlon X4 950 vs AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

    AMD Athlon X4 950
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
    AMD Athlon X4 950
    AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    AMD Socket AM3DESKTOP
    3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2011
    AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

    Summary

    Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 950

    60 watts lower power draw.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    Higher theoretical single-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

    Reasons to consider AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

    Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Athlon X4 950AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V

    Architecture

    AMD Athlon X4 950AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsAMD K10
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameBristol RidgevsDeneb
    Release DateSep 2016vsMay 2011

    Cores

    AMD Athlon X4 950AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    Cores4vs4
    Threads4vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Athlon X4 950AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache0 KBvs6144 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Athlon X4 950AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket AM3
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Sizeunknownvs258mm²
    Process14 nmvs45 nm

    Performance

    AMD Athlon X4 950AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3700 MHz
    Turbo Clock3800 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs2000 MHz
    Voltageunknownvs1.325 V
    TDP65 Wvs125 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Athlon X4 950
      2622 points
    • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
      2331 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Athlon X4 950
      8404 points
    • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
      9324 points

    Points - higher is better

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