AMD Phenom X4 B99 vs AMD Phenom II X6 1065T

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom X4 B99 and AMD Phenom II X6 1065T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 B99

  • Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 125 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1377 vs 1362
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 125 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1377 vs 1362

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X6 1065T

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3387 vs 2536
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 3387 vs 2536

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom X4 B99
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X6 1065T

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1377
1362
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2536
3387
Name AMD Phenom X4 B99 AMD Phenom II X6 1065T
PassMark - Single thread mark 1377 1362
PassMark - CPU mark 2536 3387

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom X4 B99 AMD Phenom II X6 1065T

Essentials

Family AMD Phenom
OPN Tray HDXB99WFK4DGM
Place in performance rating 1834 1817
Series AMD Business Class - AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Thuban
Launch date December 2010

Performance

Base frequency 3.3 GHz
L2 cache 2 MB 512 KB (per core)
Number of cores 4 6
Number of threads 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 346 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core)
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz
Transistor count 904 million

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM3 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 125 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3