AMD Phenom X3 8750 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom X3 8750 and AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X3 8750

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 90 nm
• Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 10% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 293 vs 266
• Around 59% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 790 vs 498

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+

• Around 8% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
• Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom X3 8750
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+

Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	293 266
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	790 498

Compare specifications (specs)