AMD Phenom X3 8600B vs AMD Phenom II X4 P960

What is the difference between AMD Phenom X3 8600B and AMD Phenom II X4 P960. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD Phenom X3 8600B
AMD Phenom X3 8600B
AMD Phenom II X4 P960
AMD Phenom II X4 P960

Performance (Benchmarks)

301Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score232
833Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score783

Processor Specs

AMD Phenom X3 8600BProcessorAMD Phenom II X4 P960
2300 MHzFrequency1800 MHz
3Cores4
3Threads4
95 WTDP25 W
TolimanCodenameCaspian
Socket AM2+ (940)PackageSocket S1 (638)

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

301Single-Core Score232
830Multi-Core Score720
Geekbench 5.3.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.2.4 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemLinux Mint 20 Ulyana 5.8.14-xanmod1 x86_64
System manufacturer System Product NameModelHewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC
ASUSTeK Computer INC. M4A78 PLUSMotherboardHewlett-Packard 1641
EquilibradoPower Plan

CPU Specifications

AMD Phenom X3 8600BNameAMD Phenom II X4 P960
1 Processor, 3 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores
AuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 2 Stepping 3IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 5 Stepping 3
2.31 GHzBase Frequency1.80 GHz
2.31 GHzMaximum Frequency
Socket AM2+ (940)Package
TolimanCodename
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
2.00 MB x 1L3 Cache

Memory Information

8.00 GBSize5.55 GB
401 MHzFrequency
DDR2 SDRAMType
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

301Single-Core Score232
43Crypto Score36
340Integer Score254
258Floating Point Score 217
43
75.3 MB/sec		AES-XTS36
62.7 MB/sec
440
2.22 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)309
1.56 MB/sec
400
18.9 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression304
14.4 Mpixels/sec
364
1.03 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)288
812.4 KTE/sec
339
398.6 KElements/sec		HTML5158
185.5 KElements/sec
315
98.7 Krows/sec		SQLite303
94.9 Krows/sec
329
17.9 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering267
14.5 Mpixels/sec
294
93.7 KB/sec		Text Rendering203
64.7 KB/sec
363
2.83 Klines/sec		Clang295
2.30 Klines/sec
256
2.97 images/sec		Camera214
2.48 images/sec
212
265.4 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics151
188.5 Kpairs/sec
328
2030.1 FPS		Rigid Body Physics303
1874.3 FPS
184
10.1 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur135
7.41 Mpixels/sec
206
1.58 images/sec		Face Detection186
1.43 images/sec
241
5.94 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection195
4.82 Mpixels/sec
493
24.2 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting385
18.9 Mpixels/sec
515
7.02 Mpixels/sec		HDR475
6.48 Mpixels/sec
309
247.9 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing304
244.2 Kpixels/sec
174
1.56 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion181
1.63 Kpixels/sec
281
8.99 Words/sec		Speech Recognition198
6.34 Words/sec
141
5.44 images/sec		Machine Learning112
4.31 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

830Multi-Core Score720
115Crypto Score111
934Integer Score781
723Floating Point Score 690
115
201.6 MB/sec		AES-XTS111
193.2 MB/sec
1218
6.16 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)1098
5.55 MB/sec
1112
52.6 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression1098
52.0 Mpixels/sec
797
2.25 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)646
1.82 MTE/sec
969
1.14 MElements/sec		HTML5466
547.2 KElements/sec
925
289.7 Krows/sec		SQLite954
299.0 Krows/sec
935
50.8 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering913
49.6 Mpixels/sec
769
245.1 KB/sec		Text Rendering653
207.9 KB/sec
1063
8.28 Klines/sec		Clang768
5.99 Klines/sec
733
8.49 images/sec		Camera680
7.88 images/sec
602
753.3 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics495
618.7 Kpairs/sec
972
6020.6 FPS		Rigid Body Physics1081
6700.1 FPS
503
27.7 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur1047
57.5 Mpixels/sec
612
4.71 images/sec		Face Detection552
4.25 images/sec
683
16.8 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection672
16.6 Mpixels/sec
1332
65.3 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1299
63.7 Mpixels/sec
1462
19.9 Mpixels/sec		HDR1689
23.0 Mpixels/sec
945
758.7 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing1189
954.7 Kpixels/sec
505
4.53 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion507
4.55 Kpixels/sec
678
21.7 Words/sec		Speech Recognition383
12.2 Words/sec
363
14.0 images/sec		Machine Learning161
6.23 images/sec