AMD Phenom II X4 805 vs AMD Phenom X3 8650

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 805 and AMD Phenom X3 8650 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 X4 805

• CPU is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
• Around 9% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 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
• 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 21% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1572 vs 1302
• Around 49% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 4456 vs 2991

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 805
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X3 8650

Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1572 1302
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	4456 2991

Compare specifications (specs)