AMD FX-6330 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B53

Comparative analysis of AMD FX-6330 and AMD Phenom II X2 B53 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-6330

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • Around 29% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 13% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 6x 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 32% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1531 vs 1161
  • 3.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4433 vs 1137
Specifications (specs)
Launch date December 2015 vs October 2009
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache 288 KB vs 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 6144 KB vs 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared) vs 6144 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1531 vs 1161
PassMark - CPU mark 4433 vs 1137

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X2 B53

  • Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 125 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD FX-6330
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X2 B53

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1531
1161
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4433
1137
Name AMD FX-6330 AMD Phenom II X2 B53
PassMark - Single thread mark 1531 1161
PassMark - CPU mark 4433 1137
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1865
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3215

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FX-6330 AMD Phenom II X2 B53

Essentials

Architecture codename Vishera Callisto
Launch date December 2015 October 2009
Place in performance rating 1631 1633
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 315 mm 258 mm
L1 cache 288 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 6144 KB 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared) 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz 2.8 GHz
Number of cores 6 2
Transistor count 1200 million 758 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3+ AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 80 Watt

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)