AMD Phenom II X4 B95 vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 B95 and AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. 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 X4 B95
- CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
- Around 15% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
- 4x 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 9% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 104 Watt
- 2.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1242 vs 505
- 6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2411 vs 404
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | October 2009 vs October 2004 |
Number of cores | 4 vs 1 |
Maximum frequency | 3 GHz vs 2.6 GHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 45 nm vs 90 nm |
L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB |
L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 95 Watt vs 104 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 1242 vs 505 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 2411 vs 404 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 B95
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Phenom II X4 B95 | AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 1242 | 505 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 2411 | 404 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 386 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 1280 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 3.2 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 7.417 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.167 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 0.316 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 3.481 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Phenom II X4 B95 | AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Deneb | San Diego |
Family | AMD Phenom | |
Launch date | October 2009 | October 2004 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $80 | $180 |
OPN Tray | HDXB95WFK4DGM | |
Place in performance rating | 2984 | 2995 |
Price now | $72.95 | $179.95 |
Series | AMD Business Class - AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core | |
Value for money (0-100) | 14.95 | 1.18 |
Vertical segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Performance |
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64 bit support | ||
Base frequency | 3 GHz | |
Die size | 258 mm | 115 mm |
L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 1024 KB |
L3 cache | 6144 KB (shared) | |
Manufacturing process technology | 45 nm | 90 nm |
Maximum frequency | 3 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
Number of cores | 4 | 1 |
Transistor count | 758 million | 114 million |
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Memory |
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Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
Compatibility |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
Sockets supported | AM3 | 939 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 95 Watt | 104 Watt |