AMD Phenom II X2 B57 vs AMD Phenom X3 8550

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X2 B57 and AMD Phenom X3 8550 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X2 B57

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• Around 45% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.2 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 19% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 95 Watt
• Around 49% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1273 vs 856
• Around 9% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1260 vs 1151

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X3 8550

• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
• Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X2 B57
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X3 8550

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1273 856
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1260 1151

Compare specifications (specs)