AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 3300X and AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

• CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
• 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
• Around 16% higher clock speed: 4.3 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 45 nm
• 2.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 125 Watt
• Around 77% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2667 vs 1511
• 4.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12589 vs 2839

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2667 1511
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	12589 2839

Compare specifications (specs)