Phenom X3 8850: specs and benchmarks

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Phenom X3 8850
2008
3 cores / 3 threads, 95 Watt
0.72

Phenom X3 8850 provides poor benchmark performance at 0.72% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

AMD started Phenom X3 8850 sales on October 2008. This is a Toliman architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 3 cores and 3 threads, and is based on 65 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2500 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM2+ processor with a TDP of 95 Watt.

Primary details

Phenom X3 8850 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking2705
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processor
Power efficiency0.72of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameToliman (2008)
Release dateOctober 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores3 (Tri-Core)
Threads3
Boost clock speed2.5 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache128 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography65 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size285 mm2
Number of transistors450 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom X3 8850 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketAM2+
Power consumption (TDP)95 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V+

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Phenom X3 8850. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Phenom X3 8850 0.72

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Phenom X3 8850 1142

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Phenom X3 8850's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Phenom X3 8850 is Core 2 Duo E6850, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 4 positions in our ranking.

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