AMD Phenom X3 8650 vs AMD Phenom II X4 P960

What is the difference between AMD Phenom X3 8650 and AMD Phenom II X4 P960. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD Phenom X3 8650
AMD Phenom X3 8650
AMD Phenom II X4 P960
AMD Phenom II X4 P960

Performance (Benchmarks)

290Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score232
803Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score783

Processor Specs

AMD Phenom X3 8650ProcessorAMD Phenom II X4 P960
2300 MHzFrequency1800 MHz
3Cores4
3Threads4
95 WTDP25 W
TolimanCodenameCaspian
Socket AM2+ (940)PackageSocket S1 (638)

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

290Single-Core Score232
808Multi-Core Score720
Geekbench 5.4.0 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-EMMotherboardHewlett-Packard 1641
BilanciatoPower Plan

CPU Specifications

AMD Phenom X3 8650NameAMD 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
334 MHzFrequency
DDR2 SDRAMType
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

290Single-Core Score232
43Crypto Score36
328Integer Score254
250Floating Point Score 217
43
75.0 MB/sec		AES-XTS36
62.7 MB/sec
449
2.27 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)309
1.56 MB/sec
382
18.1 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression304
14.4 Mpixels/sec
339
957.1 KTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)288
812.4 KTE/sec
314
368.3 KElements/sec		HTML5158
185.5 KElements/sec
303
95.0 Krows/sec		SQLite303
94.9 Krows/sec
317
17.2 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering267
14.5 Mpixels/sec
290
92.3 KB/sec		Text Rendering203
64.7 KB/sec
340
2.65 Klines/sec		Clang295
2.30 Klines/sec
253
2.93 images/sec		Camera214
2.48 images/sec
210
263.4 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics151
188.5 Kpairs/sec
328
2029.1 FPS		Rigid Body Physics303
1874.3 FPS
181
9.96 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur135
7.41 Mpixels/sec
195
1.50 images/sec		Face Detection186
1.43 images/sec
232
5.71 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection195
4.82 Mpixels/sec
476
23.3 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting385
18.9 Mpixels/sec
507
6.91 Mpixels/sec		HDR475
6.48 Mpixels/sec
279
223.8 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing304
244.2 Kpixels/sec
169
1.51 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion181
1.63 Kpixels/sec
277
8.84 Words/sec		Speech Recognition198
6.34 Words/sec
137
5.31 images/sec		Machine Learning112
4.31 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

808Multi-Core Score720
116Crypto Score111
912Integer Score781
697Floating Point Score 690
116
201.7 MB/sec		AES-XTS111
193.2 MB/sec
1145
5.79 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)1098
5.55 MB/sec
1173
55.5 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression1098
52.0 Mpixels/sec
718
2.02 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)646
1.82 MTE/sec
992
1.16 MElements/sec		HTML5466
547.2 KElements/sec
925
289.7 Krows/sec		SQLite954
299.0 Krows/sec
899
48.8 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering913
49.6 Mpixels/sec
724
230.7 KB/sec		Text Rendering653
207.9 KB/sec
1054
8.21 Klines/sec		Clang768
5.99 Klines/sec
721
8.36 images/sec		Camera680
7.88 images/sec
603
754.8 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics495
618.7 Kpairs/sec
969
6001.6 FPS		Rigid Body Physics1081
6700.1 FPS
515
28.3 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur1047
57.5 Mpixels/sec
494
3.81 images/sec		Face Detection552
4.25 images/sec
674
16.6 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection672
16.6 Mpixels/sec
1276
62.6 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1299
63.7 Mpixels/sec
1436
19.6 Mpixels/sec		HDR1689
23.0 Mpixels/sec
942
756.7 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing1189
954.7 Kpixels/sec
501
4.48 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion507
4.55 Kpixels/sec
638
20.4 Words/sec		Speech Recognition383
12.2 Words/sec
342
13.2 images/sec		Machine Learning161
6.23 images/sec