Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 vs AMD Phenom II X4 P960

What is the difference between Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 and AMD Phenom II X4 P960. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Intel Core 2 Duo E8600
Intel Core 2 Duo E8600
AMD Phenom II X4 P960
AMD Phenom II X4 P960

Performance (Benchmarks)

459Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score232
795Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score783
9543DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

Intel Core 2 Duo E8600ProcessorAMD Phenom II X4 P960
3330 MHzFrequency1800 MHz
2Cores4
2Threads4
65 WTDP25 W
WolfdaleCodenameCaspian
LGA775PackageSocket S1 (638)

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

461Single-Core Score232
824Multi-Core Score720
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.2.4 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 12.0 (Build 21A5248p)Operating SystemLinux Mint 20 Ulyana 5.8.14-xanmod1 x86_64
MacPro6,1ModelHewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC
MacPro6,1Model ID
Acidanthera Mac-F60DEB81FF30ACF6 MacPro6,1MotherboardHewlett-Packard 1641

CPU Specifications

Intel Core 2 Duo E8600NameAMD Phenom II X4 P960
1 Processor, 2 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 5 Stepping 3
3.33 GHzBase Frequency1.80 GHz
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache64.0 KB x 4
6.00 MB x 1L2 Cache512 KB x 4

Memory Information

8.00 GBSize5.55 GB
667 MT/sTransfer Rate
DDR2 SDRAMType

Geekbench 5 result (single)

461Single-Core Score232
61Crypto Score36
465Integer Score254
519Floating Point Score 217
61
106.4 MB/sec		AES-XTS36
62.7 MB/sec
650
3.29 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)309
1.56 MB/sec
557
26.3 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression304
14.4 Mpixels/sec
310
873.3 KTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)288
812.4 KTE/sec
378
443.8 KElements/sec		HTML5158
185.5 KElements/sec
552
173.0 Krows/sec		SQLite303
94.9 Krows/sec
494
26.8 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering267
14.5 Mpixels/sec
407
129.8 KB/sec		Text Rendering203
64.7 KB/sec
517
4.03 Klines/sec		Clang295
2.30 Klines/sec
415
4.81 images/sec		Camera214
2.48 images/sec
419
524.6 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics151
188.5 Kpairs/sec
675
4179.0 FPS		Rigid Body Physics303
1874.3 FPS
450
24.7 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur135
7.41 Mpixels/sec
618
4.76 images/sec		Face Detection186
1.43 images/sec
563
13.9 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection195
4.82 Mpixels/sec
727
35.6 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting385
18.9 Mpixels/sec
1007
13.7 Mpixels/sec		HDR475
6.48 Mpixels/sec
584
469.1 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing304
244.2 Kpixels/sec
317
2.84 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion181
1.63 Kpixels/sec
563
18.0 Words/sec		Speech Recognition198
6.34 Words/sec
218
8.43 images/sec		Machine Learning112
4.31 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

824Multi-Core Score720
124Crypto Score111
829Integer Score781
930Floating Point Score 690
124
216.2 MB/sec		AES-XTS111
193.2 MB/sec
1253
6.34 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)1098
5.55 MB/sec
1092
51.7 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression1098
52.0 Mpixels/sec
600
1.69 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)646
1.82 MTE/sec
718
843.3 KElements/sec		HTML5466
547.2 KElements/sec
1102
345.3 Krows/sec		SQLite954
299.0 Krows/sec
893
48.5 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering913
49.6 Mpixels/sec
638
203.2 KB/sec		Text Rendering653
207.9 KB/sec
938
7.31 Klines/sec		Clang768
5.99 Klines/sec
535
6.20 images/sec		Camera680
7.88 images/sec
859
1.07 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics495
618.7 Kpairs/sec
1164
7213.6 FPS		Rigid Body Physics1081
6700.1 FPS
817
44.9 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur1047
57.5 Mpixels/sec
1238
9.53 images/sec		Face Detection552
4.25 images/sec
992
24.4 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection672
16.6 Mpixels/sec
1238
60.7 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1299
63.7 Mpixels/sec
1737
23.7 Mpixels/sec		HDR1689
23.0 Mpixels/sec
1251
1.00 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing1189
954.7 Kpixels/sec
585
5.24 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion507
4.55 Kpixels/sec
797
25.5 Words/sec		Speech Recognition383
12.2 Words/sec
358
13.8 images/sec		Machine Learning161
6.23 images/sec