AMD Phenom II X3 720 vs AMD Phenom X4 9550

What is the difference between AMD Phenom II X3 720 and AMD Phenom X4 9550. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

376Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score272
989Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score950
1573PassMark CPU Mark Rating
1121PassMark Single Thread Rating

Processor Specs

AMD Phenom II X3 720ProcessorAMD Phenom X4 9550
2800 MHzFrequency2200 MHz
3Cores4
3Threads4
95 WTDP95 W
HekaCodenameAgena
Socket AM3 (938)PackageSocket AM2+ (940)

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

376Single-Core Score272
873Multi-Core Score1042
Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Windows 10 (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 11 Pro (64-bit)
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA785GT-UD3HModelGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA770-DS3P
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA785GT-UD3HMotherboardGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA770-DS3P

CPU Specifications

AMD Phenom II X3 720NameAMD Phenom X4 9550
1 Processor, 3 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores
AuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 2IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 2 Stepping 3
2.81 GHzBase Frequency2.20 GHz
2.81 GHzMaximum Frequency2204 MHz
Socket AM3 (938)PackageSocket AM2+ (940)
HekaCodenameAgena
64.0 KB x 3L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 4
64.0 KB x 3L1 Data Cache64.0 KB x 4
512 KB x 3L2 Cache512 KB x 4
6.00 MB x 1L3 Cache2.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

6.00 GBSize6.00 GB
669 MHzFrequency400 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR2 SDRAM
2Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

376Single-Core Score272
48Crypto Score42
414Integer Score314
347Floating Point Score 219
48
83.6 MB/sec
AES-XTS42
73.2 MB/sec
489
2.47 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)431
2.18 MB/sec
429
20.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression371
17.6 Mpixels/sec
439
1.24 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)341
960.5 KTE/sec
429
503.6 KElements/sec
HTML5310
363.7 KElements/sec
408
127.7 Krows/sec
SQLite289
90.6 Krows/sec
410
22.3 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering309
16.8 Mpixels/sec
369
117.6 KB/sec
Text Rendering260
82.7 KB/sec
457
3.56 Klines/sec
Clang316
2.46 Klines/sec
322
3.73 images/sec
Camera242
2.81 images/sec
338
422.7 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics180
224.9 Kpairs/sec
416
2578.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics311
1924.9 FPS
266
14.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur129
7.10 Mpixels/sec
261
2.01 images/sec
Face Detection179
1.38 images/sec
296
7.29 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection198
4.88 Mpixels/sec
668
32.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting374
18.4 Mpixels/sec
634
8.64 Mpixels/sec
HDR390
5.31 Mpixels/sec
387
310.5 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing271
217.9 Kpixels/sec
214
1.91 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion157
1.41 Kpixels/sec
445
14.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition255
8.14 Words/sec
195
7.54 images/sec
Machine Learning135
5.20 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

873Multi-Core Score1042
139Crypto Score131
980Integer Score1171
764Floating Point Score 913
139
243.4 MB/sec
AES-XTS131
228.3 MB/sec
1287
6.51 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)1432
7.24 MB/sec
1031
48.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1474
69.7 Mpixels/sec
844
2.38 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)898
2.53 MTE/sec
992
1.16 MElements/sec
HTML51286
1.51 MElements/sec
900
282.0 Krows/sec
SQLite1193
373.9 Krows/sec
973
52.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1183
64.2 Mpixels/sec
950
302.6 KB/sec
Text Rendering927
295.4 KB/sec
1164
9.07 Klines/sec
Clang1366
10.6 Klines/sec
776
9.00 images/sec
Camera949
11.0 images/sec
838
1.05 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics753
942.0 Kpairs/sec
1045
6476.4 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1254
7768.0 FPS
503
27.7 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur674
37.0 Mpixels/sec
701
5.40 images/sec
Face Detection794
6.11 images/sec
699
17.2 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection848
20.9 Mpixels/sec
1558
76.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1562
76.6 Mpixels/sec
1378
18.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR1913
26.1 Mpixels/sec
848
680.6 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1219
979.3 Kpixels/sec
425
3.80 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion658
5.90 Kpixels/sec
802
25.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition855
27.3 Words/sec
385
14.9 images/sec
Machine Learning418
16.1 images/sec