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AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600H. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2009
AMD Phenom II X4 955
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2021-01-12
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

What's the best choice AMD Phenom II X4 955 or AMD Ryzen 5 5600H? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Phenom II X4 955 has a base frequency of 3.20 GHz. 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 125 W. Released in Q2/2009.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600H has a base frequency of 3.3 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 45 W. Released in 2021-01-12.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    272 left arrow place

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Phenom II X4 955 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    331 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    300 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    423 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    840 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    682 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1033 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    922 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    699 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    530 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    587 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    449 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    785 place
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    150 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 3% better clock speed

    3.3 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
  • More number of cores

    2 more cores

    6 left arrow 4
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    45 W left arrow 125 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 5600H CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    119 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    148 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    85 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    156 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    182 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    291 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    227 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    179 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Phenom II X4 955 AMD Phenom II X4 955
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    AMD Phenom II - 800/900 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000H
  • Family
    AMD Phenom II left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 4
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Laptops / Desktops
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen 5000 Series
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.2 GHz left arrow 3.3 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 6
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 12
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    No turbo left arrow 4.2 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    No turbo left arrow -
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 4.2 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    - left arrow 3.8 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 6
  • Generation
    - left arrow 9
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 1800 MHz
  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 2 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q1/2020
  • Shader
    - left arrow 384
  • Technology
    - left arrow 7 nm
  • Graphics Cores
    - left arrow 7
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600H and AMD Phenom II X4 955. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 64 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR2-1066 left arrow DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 12
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe
    - left arrow PCIe 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Phenom II X4 955 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    - left arrow 105 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    125 W left arrow 45 W
  • TDP down
    - left arrow 35 W
  • TDP up
    - left arrow 54 W
  • Configurable TDP
    - left arrow 35-54 W
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 45 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Phenom II X4 955 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Deneb (K10) left arrow Cezanne (Zen 3)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE3, SSE4a left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 3 MB
  • L3-Cache
    6 MB left arrow 16 MB
  • Release date
    Q2/2009 left arrow 2021-01-12
  • Socket
    AM3 left arrow FP6
  • Technology
    45 nm left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Codename
    - left arrow Cezanne
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    - left arrow 100-000000296
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Phenom II X4 955

AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.24.0 / 1M / 8 threads / linux

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H 4435.317547 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.24.0 / 1M / 8 threads / linux
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Linux x86_64
Duration: 225.463 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Phenom II X4 955 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600H.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

488.000000
AMD Phenom II X4 955
1374.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1967.000000
AMD Phenom II X4 955
9974.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

651.000000
AMD Phenom II X4 955
3709.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

422.000000
AMD Phenom II X4 955
1376.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1401.000000
AMD Phenom II X4 955
5967.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

3987.000000
AMD Phenom II X4 955
17814.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

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