AMD FX-6200 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970 BE

Comparative analysis of AMD FX-6200 and AMD Phenom II X4 970 BE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-6200

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
• Around 17% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm SOI vs 45 nm
• 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 49% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4085 vs 2739
• Around 17% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 513 vs 437
• Around 30% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1934 vs 1485
• 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.114 vs 1.62
• Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 15.71 vs 12.098
• Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.324 vs 0.204

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 970 BE

• Around 78% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1417 vs 1402

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD FX-6200
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 970 BE

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1402 1417
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	4085 2739
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	513 437
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1934 1485
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	CPU 1 CPU 2	6.114 1.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	CPU 1 CPU 2	15.71 12.098
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	CPU 1 CPU 2	0.324 0.204

Compare specifications (specs)