AMD A8-9600 vs AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition

What is the difference between AMD A8-9600 and AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD A8-9600
AMD A8-9600
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition

Performance (Benchmarks)

469Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score416
1399Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1394
3271PassMark CPU Mark Rating
1479PassMark Single Thread Rating

Processor Specs

AMD A8-9600ProcessorAMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
3100 MHzFrequency3200 MHz
3400 MHzMaximum Frequency
4Cores4
4Threads4
65 WTDP125 W
Radeon R7 SeriesGPU
Bristol RidgeCodenameDeneb
AM4PackageSocket AM3

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

477Single-Core Score418
1563Multi-Core Score1420
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
GenericModelGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-970A-UD3
ASRock A320M-HDMotherboardGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-970A-UD3
EquilibradoPower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

AMD A8-9600NameAMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores
AuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 101 Stepping 1IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 3
3.09 GHzBase Frequency3.20 GHz
3393 MHzMaximum Frequency3205 MHz
Socket AM4 (1331)PackageSocket AM3 (938)
Bristol RidgeCodenameDeneb
96.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache64.0 KB x 4
1.00 MB x 2L2 Cache512 KB x 4
L3 Cache6.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize4.00 GB
1064 MHzFrequency804 MHz
DDR4 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
2Channels1

Geekbench 5 result (single)

477Single-Core Score418
704Crypto Score62
476Integer Score465
441Floating Point Score 376
704
1.20 GB/sec		AES-XTS62
108.7 MB/sec
461
2.33 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)573
2.90 MB/sec
673
31.8 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression570
27.0 Mpixels/sec
461
1.30 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)418
1.18 MTE/sec
467
548.9 KElements/sec		HTML5487
572.2 KElements/sec
515
161.4 Krows/sec		SQLite467
146.4 Krows/sec
519
28.2 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering458
24.9 Mpixels/sec
415
132.2 KB/sec		Text Rendering392
124.9 KB/sec
469
3.66 Klines/sec		Clang509
3.97 Klines/sec
364
4.22 images/sec		Camera361
4.19 images/sec
266
332.7 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics331
414.4 Kpairs/sec
460
2847.4 FPS		Rigid Body Physics481
2981.8 FPS
302
16.6 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur285
15.6 Mpixels/sec
294
2.26 images/sec		Face Detection301
2.31 images/sec
453
11.2 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection332
8.17 Mpixels/sec
766
37.6 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting701
34.4 Mpixels/sec
964
13.1 Mpixels/sec		HDR718
9.78 Mpixels/sec
567
455.2 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing417
334.5 Kpixels/sec
430
3.85 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion244
2.19 Kpixels/sec
335
10.7 Words/sec		Speech Recognition448
14.3 Words/sec
413
16.0 images/sec		Machine Learning206
7.95 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1563Multi-Core Score1420
1740Crypto Score244
1587Integer Score1571
1480Floating Point Score 1290
1740
2.97 GB/sec		AES-XTS244
426.1 MB/sec
1661
8.40 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)2081
10.5 MB/sec
2282
108.0 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression2177
103.0 Mpixels/sec
1173
3.31 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)828
2.33 MTE/sec
1793
2.10 MElements/sec		HTML51863
2.19 MElements/sec
1800
563.9 Krows/sec		SQLite1821
570.5 Krows/sec
1850
100.4 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering1610
87.4 Mpixels/sec
1308
416.7 KB/sec		Text Rendering1088
346.7 KB/sec
1585
12.3 Klines/sec		Clang1993
15.5 Klines/sec
1163
13.5 images/sec		Camera1309
15.2 images/sec
859
1.08 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics1215
1.52 Mpairs/sec
1788
11078.5 FPS		Rigid Body Physics1906
11807.2 FPS
1596
87.7 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur997
54.8 Mpixels/sec
1133
8.72 images/sec		Face Detection1197
9.22 images/sec
1553
38.3 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection1180
29.1 Mpixels/sec
2089
102.5 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting2323
114.0 Mpixels/sec
3343
45.5 Mpixels/sec		HDR2599
35.4 Mpixels/sec
2120
1.70 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing1678
1.35 Mpixels/sec
1383
12.4 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion929
8.32 Kpixels/sec
1060
33.9 Words/sec		Speech Recognition1106
35.3 Words/sec
795
30.7 images/sec		Machine Learning484
18.7 images/sec