AMD100-100000065BOX
AMDHDZ955FBGMBOX

4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.2GHz, K10.
Release date: Q1 2009.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 424,823 user samples
383,420 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 107% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 83% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)
Poor: 83% Great: 107%
SPEED RANK: 107th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
41,403 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 60% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 38% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 38% Great: 60%
SPEED RANK: 752nd / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
95.9 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+86%
51.5 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
84 Pts Lower memory latency.
+11%
76 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
162 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+256%
45.5 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
315 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+250%
90.1 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
580 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+267%
158 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
883 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+442%
163 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
93.8 Pts Slightly lower OC memory latency.
+7%
87.8 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
172 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+217%
54.3 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
342 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+217%
108 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
667 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+225%
205 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
989 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+378%
207 Pts
Market Share
Based on 67,715,095 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
1.21 % Insanely higher market share.
+5,950%
0.02 %
Value
Value For Money
114 % Much better value.
+58%
71.8 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
94 % Much more popular.
+71%
55 %
Price
Price (score)
$150 $83 Much cheaper.
+45%
Age
Newest
41 Months Much more recent.
+77%
181 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+48%
125 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
6 cores Much higher core count.
+50%
4 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
12 threads Hugely higher thread count.
+200%
4 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process
7 nm Hugely newer manufacturing.
+84%
45 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3.7 GHz Faster base frequency.
+16%
3.2 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
4.6 GHz Much faster turbo frequency.
+44%
3.2 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1160 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+460%
207 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
1055 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+539%
165 Pts
Series
CPU Architecture
Zen3 K10
Socket
Motherboard Socket
AM4 AM3
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
None None
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