AMD Athlon II X2 255 vs AMD Phenom X4 9600

What is the difference between AMD Athlon II X2 255 and AMD Phenom X4 9600. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD Athlon II X2 255
AMD Athlon II X2 255
AMD Phenom X4 9600
AMD Phenom X4 9600

Performance (Benchmarks)

359Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score209
673Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score672
1148PassMark CPU Mark Rating
1245PassMark Single Thread Rating

Processor Specs

AMD Athlon II X2 255ProcessorAMD Phenom X4 9600
3100 MHzFrequency2300 MHz
2Cores4
2Threads4
65 WTDP95 W
RegorCodenameAgena
Socket AM3 (938)PackageSocket AM2+ (940)

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

355Single-Core Score213
623Multi-Core Score724
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Ubuntu 20.10Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
Acer Aspire X3400GModelSystem manufacturer System Product Name
Acer Aspire X3400GMotherboardASUSTeK Computer INC. M3N78-VM
Power PlanHigh performance

CPU Specifications

AMD Athlon II X2 255NameAMD Phenom X4 9600
1 Processor, 2 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores
AuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 6 Stepping 3IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 2 Stepping 2
3.10 GHzBase Frequency2.31 GHz
Maximum Frequency2.31 GHz
PackageSocket AM2+ (940)
CodenameAgena
64.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 4
64.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache64.0 KB x 4
1.00 MB x 2L2 Cache512 KB x 4
L3 Cache2.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

3.35 GBSize6.00 GB
Frequency334 MHz
TypeDDR2 SDRAM
Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

355Single-Core Score213
61Crypto Score42
394Integer Score246
321Floating Point Score 170
61
106.9 MB/sec		AES-XTS42
72.9 MB/sec
525
2.66 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)136
703.8 KB/sec
465
22.0 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression387
18.3 Mpixels/sec
454
1.28 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)141
397.0 KTE/sec
209
245.5 KElements/sec		HTML5330
387.0 KElements/sec
458
143.5 Krows/sec		SQLite301
94.4 Krows/sec
407
22.1 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering278
15.1 Mpixels/sec
288
91.8 KB/sec		Text Rendering265
84.5 KB/sec
500
3.89 Klines/sec		Clang260
2.03 Klines/sec
368
4.26 images/sec		Camera231
2.67 images/sec
268
335.9 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics72
89.6 Kpairs/sec
497
3076.4 FPS		Rigid Body Physics319
1975.2 FPS
180
9.89 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur131
7.20 Mpixels/sec
279
2.15 images/sec		Face Detection191
1.47 images/sec
312
7.69 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection208
5.13 Mpixels/sec
576
28.2 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting234
11.5 Mpixels/sec
695
9.46 Mpixels/sec		HDR482
6.57 Mpixels/sec
456
366.5 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing139
111.6 Kpixels/sec
292
2.62 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion162
1.45 Kpixels/sec
234
7.49 Words/sec		Speech Recognition121
3.87 Words/sec
143
5.53 images/sec		Machine Learning91
3.53 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

623Multi-Core Score724
80Crypto Score148
632Integer Score828
695Floating Point Score 593
80
140.3 MB/sec		AES-XTS148
258.9 MB/sec
848
4.29 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)464
2.35 MB/sec
680
32.2 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression1408
66.6 Mpixels/sec
654
1.84 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)399
1.12 MTE/sec
303
355.2 KElements/sec		HTML51153
1.35 MElements/sec
879
275.2 Krows/sec		SQLite1068
334.7 Krows/sec
620
33.6 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering991
53.8 Mpixels/sec
488
155.4 KB/sec		Text Rendering816
260.1 KB/sec
860
6.70 Klines/sec		Clang856
6.67 Klines/sec
612
7.10 images/sec		Camera819
9.49 images/sec
451
564.8 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics240
300.2 Kpairs/sec
730
4524.0 FPS		Rigid Body Physics1188
7362.9 FPS
823
45.2 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur597
32.8 Mpixels/sec
571
4.40 images/sec		Face Detection744
5.73 images/sec
581
14.3 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection711
17.5 Mpixels/sec
1278
62.7 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting775
38.0 Mpixels/sec
1584
21.6 Mpixels/sec		HDR1483
20.2 Mpixels/sec
1115
895.2 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing513
412.1 Kpixels/sec
433
3.87 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion601
5.38 Kpixels/sec
600
19.2 Words/sec		Speech Recognition371
11.9 Words/sec
346
13.4 images/sec		Machine Learning268
10.3 images/sec