AMD Phenom X3 8450 vs AMD Phenom X4 9600

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom X3 8450 and AMD Phenom X4 9600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X3 8450

• CPU is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
• Around 14% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 247 vs 216

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9600

• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
• Around 10% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
• 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 21% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 772 vs 636

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom X3 8450
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9600

Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	247 216
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	636 772

Compare specifications (specs)