AMD Phenom X2 B59 vs AMD FX-8370E

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom X2 B59 and AMD FX-8370E processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 X2 B59

  • Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-8370E

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
  • 6 more threads: 8 vs 2
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1463 vs 1368
  • 3.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5306 vs 1396
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 8 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 2
L2 cache 8192 KB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1463 vs 1368
PassMark - CPU mark 5306 vs 1396

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom X2 B59
CPU 2: AMD FX-8370E

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1368
1463
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1396
5306
Name AMD Phenom X2 B59 AMD FX-8370E
PassMark - Single thread mark 1368 1463
PassMark - CPU mark 1396 5306
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2859
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 11715
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.383
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 20.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.401
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.33

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom X2 B59 AMD FX-8370E

Essentials

Family AMD Phenom
OPN Tray HDXB59WFK2DGM
Place in performance rating 1874 1877
Series AMD Business Class - AMD Phenom X2 Dual-Core
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Vishera
Launch date September 2014
Price now $223.87
Value for money (0-100) 10.27

Performance

Base frequency 3.4 GHz
L2 cache 1 MB 8192 KB
Number of cores 2 8
Number of threads 2 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 315 mm
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 71 °C
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz
P0 Vcore voltage Min: 1.075 V - Max: 1.2875 V
Transistor count 1200 million

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM3 AM3+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3-1866

Peripherals

PCI Express revision n / a

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)