AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs AMD Phenom X4 9450e

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X2 B55 and AMD Phenom X4 9450e processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, 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 Phenom II X2 B55

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• Around 43% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 43% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1201 vs 841

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9450e

• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 80 Watt
• Around 23% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1455 vs 1183

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X2 B55
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9450e

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1201 841
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1183 1455

Compare specifications (specs)