AMD Phenom II X3 N870 vs AMD Phenom II X4 N950

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X3 N870 and AMD Phenom II X4 N950 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 X3 N870

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
• Around 10% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
• Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 900 vs 859
• Around 6% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1396 vs 1316

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 N950

• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
• 1 more threads: 4 vs 3
• Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 20% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1587 vs 1324
• Around 22% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 3852 vs 3154

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X3 N870
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 N950

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	900 859
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1324 1587
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1396 1316
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	3154 3852

Compare specifications (specs)