AMD FX-6200 vs Phenom II X4 965 (140W, BE)


Mini Review

AMD FX-6200 advantages



AMD FX-6200

  • In multi-threaded applications, this CPU is about 12% faster.
  • Memory performance of the microprocessor is better.
  • The AMD FX-6200 processor has SSSE3, SSE4.1 and SSE4.2 instructions enabled.
  • The CPU includes AES extension to the instruction set. This technology provides hardware acceleration of AES encryption and decryption, and is valuable if you run programs, that secure your disk or network data.
  • The AMD FX-6200 has AVX, FMA4 and XOP instructions enabled. Although these extensions are not widely supported by applications yet, their support should improve in future apps.
  • Power consumption of the FX-6200 is lower.


AMD Phenom II X4 965 (140W, BE) advantages



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  • Single-threaded performance of the AMD 965 is better.
  • The microprocessor incorporates 3DNow! instructions. While the 3DNow! instructions may increase performance of some old games, they are now obsolete, and they are not used by modern applications.
  • Based on current official prices, the CPU is 39% less expensive than the AMD FX-6200.
  • The processor has 44% better price/performance ratio.


FX-6200 vs 965 performance comparison

The charts in the table below illustrate performance of FX-6200 and Phenom II X4 965 (140W, BE) microprocessors in several different types of programs. The results in the charts are calculated from a few benchmarks, that you can find in the "Benchmarks" tab. As such, performance in individual benchmarks may be lower or higher than what you see in the charts on this page. We also averaged the numbers for task type specific benchmarks and all-around performance benchmarks, and presented them in the 'Overall performance' chart. The 'Price-performance ratio' chart shows how much more performance you will get per dollar spent. The cost of other system components is not included in this ratio.

Single-threaded performance
2
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0
 
 
1
 
1.09
 
 
Higher is better
Multi-threaded performance
2
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0
 
 
1.12
 
1
 
 
Higher is better
Memory-intensive applications
2
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0
 
 
1.36
 
1
 
 
Higher is better
Overall performance
2
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0
 
 
1.13
 
1
 
 
Higher is better
Price / performance ratio
2
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0
 
 
1
 
1.44
 
 
Higher is better
 

  - AMD FX-6200       - AMD Phenom II X4 965 (140W, BE)

Complete list of benchmarks, that show performance difference between AMD FX-6200 and Phenom II X4 965 (140W, BE) in various types of applications, can be found in the "Benchmarks" tab.



FX-6200 vs 965 power consumption and price comparison

Thermal Design Power
200
160
120
80
40
0
 
 
125W
 
140W
 
 
Lower is better
Current official price
200
160
120
80
40
0
 
 
$132
 
$81
 
 
Lower is better
 

Detailed side by side comparison of AMD FX-6200 vs AMD 965 specs can be found in the "Specifications" tab. Even more detailed comparison of internal features of both CPUs is located in the "CPUIDs" tab.



Pros and Cons summary

 
FX-6200Phenom II X4 965 (140W, BE)

General recommendations:
Faster in general,
Supports SSE4.1 / SSE4.2 / AVX / FMA4 / XOP instructions,
Somewhat more energy efficient

General recommendations:
A bit faster in single-threaded tasks,
Lower official price,
Somewhat better price / performance ratio

Drawbacks:
Performs a bit worse in single-threaded programs,
Priced significantly higher,
Somewhat worse price / performance ratio

Drawbacks:
Not as fast overall,
Does not support some instructions,
Less energy efficient


Similar processors

 
FX-6200Phenom II X4 965 (140W, BE)

Similar processors use the same socket and architecture as FX-6200 and AMD 965.

Specifications

 AMD FX-6200AMD Phenom II X4 965 (140W, BE)
 Basic details
Market segmentDesktop
ManufacturerAMD
FamilyAMD FX-SeriesAMD Phenom II X4
Model numberFX-6200965
CPU part numberFD6200FRW6KGUHDZ965FBK4DGI
Box part numberFD6200FRGUBOXHDZ965FBGIBOX
Introduction dateFebruary 27, 2012August 13, 2009
Current official price$132 (as of Apr 2013)$81 (as of Apr 2013)
 
 CPU features
Core nameZambeziDeneb
Platform nameScorpiusDragon
MicroarchitectureBulldozerK10
Technology (micron)0.0320.045
Data width (bits)64
SocketSocket AM3+Socket AM2+ / Socket AM3
Frequency (MHz)38003400
Turbo Frequency (MHz)4100 
Bus speed (MHz) 2000 (HT/QPI)
Clock Multiplier 17
L1 cache192 KB (code) / 96 KB (data)256 KB (code) / 256 KB (data)
L2 cache (KB)61442048
L3 cache (KB)81926144
Max temperature (°C) 55 - 62
TDP (Watt)125140
Core voltage (V) 0.85 - 1.425
Cores64
Threads64
Multiprocessing1
 
 Instruction set extensions
3DNow!-+
AES / Advanced Encryption Standard+-
AMD64 / EM64T 64-bit technology+
AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions+-
FMA4 / 4-operand Fused Multiply-Add+-
MMX+
SSE+
SSE2+
SSE3+
SSE4.1+-
SSE4.2+-
SSSE3 / Supplemental SSE3+-
XOP / eXtended Operations+-
 
 Supported technologies
PowerNow! / Enhanced SpeedStep+
Turbo Core / Turbo Boost+-
Unlocked multiplier+
Virtualization+
Virus Protection / Execute Disable bit+
 
 Integrated Graphics
GPU TypeNone

Notes:

Rows with different specifications or features are highlighted.

For detailed specifications of "AMD FX-6200" or "AMD Phenom II X4 965 (140W, BE)" parts please click on the links in the table header.

Benchmarks

System setup

AMD FX-6200 and 965 (140W, BE) processors were tested using different system components, that are identified by MB, RAM and VID columns in the tables below. The numbers in each of these columns correspond to one of motherboards (MB), memory configurations (RAM) or graphics adapters (VID), listed below:

MB - Motherboard(s):
1. ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX
2. ASROCK M3A780GXH/128M
3. MSI K9A2 PLATINUM

RAM - Memory:
1. 4GB DUAL-CHANNEL CRUCIAL BALLISTIXPC3-14900 (DDR3-1866)
2. 2 GB DUAL-CHANNEL CORSAIR CM3X1024-1333C9 DDR3
3. 2GB DUAL-CHANNEL CORSAIR CM2X1024-6400C4

VID - Video card(s):
1. MSI R6670 1GB GDDR5 (ATI RADEON)
2. POWERCOLOR 24PRO256M DDR2 (ATI RADEON HD2400)

All tests were performed at default frequency and voltage, using manufacturer's stock fan/heatsink. None of the components were overclocked. Motherboard BIOS options were left at default settings.

The results of all benchmarks are broken into four categories: multi-threaded, single-threaded, memory intensive and graphics / gaming.


FX-6200 vs 965 (140W, BE) single-threaded benchmarks

Single-threaded benchmarks run on a single CPU core, and do not depend on such features as the number of cores, or Hyper-Threading technology. Additionally, they do not utilize on-chip caches, dedicated to other cores.

     

    AMD FX-6200           AMD Phenom II X4 965 (140W, BE)

3DMark03 CPU score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
73.0%222
72.4%332

CINEBENCH R10 CPU score (1 core) benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%332
97.2%222
91.3%111

PCMark2002 CPU score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%332
99.6%222
85.1%111

Super PI (1M) benchmark

< Shorter is betterMBRAMVID
100%332
100%222
90.2%111



FX-6200 vs 965 (140W, BE) multi-threaded benchmarks

Multi-threaded benchmarks utilize all CPU cores and other on-chip resources (on-chip caches, internal buffers, etc). Intel's Hyper-Threading feature also helps to improve multi-threading performance.

     

    AMD FX-6200           AMD Phenom II X4 965 (140W, BE)

CINEBENCH R10 CPU score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
92.1%332
91.5%222

CINEBENCH R10 render time (seconds) benchmark

< Shorter is betterMBRAMVID
100%111
92.1%332
91.4%222

Euler3D benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
76.8%222
74.3%332

Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
95.2%332
95.0%222

Sandra MultiMedia Floating Point (it/s) benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
80.0%332
79.9%222

    AMD FX-6200           AMD Phenom II X4 965 (140W, BE)

Sandra MultiMedia Integer (it/s) benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
92.3%332
91.9%222

Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%332
99.8%222
66.4%111

Sandra Whetstone SSE2 (MFLOPS) benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
85.2%332
85.1%222

wPrime v1.55 (32M) benchmark

< Shorter is betterMBRAMVID
100%332
99.7%222
93.9%111



FX-6200 vs 965 (140W, BE) graphics benchmarks

Graphics benchmarks depend on the type of integrated or discrete graphics adapter, and to less extent on the processor performance. Because these benchmarks are synthetic, they may not truly represent gaming performance. However, they still can used to estimate whether one processor will perform faster or slower in games than another CPU.

Important! The processors were tested using different types of graphics adapters, that may not be suitable for comparison.

     

    AMD FX-6200           AMD Phenom II X4 965 (140W, BE)

3DMark03 game score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
9.2%332
9.2%222

3DMark2001 score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
29.7%332
29.5%222

CINEBENCH R10 OpenGL score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
32.6%332
32.3%222



FX-6200 vs 965 (140W, BE) memory performance

Memory-intensive tests or programs move large amounts of data to/from memory, and they depend more on memory throughput and the size of on-chip caches, rather than on CPU integer/FP/SIMD performance.

     

    AMD FX-6200           AMD Phenom II X4 965 (140W, BE)

7Zip compressing/decompressing speed benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%332
99.4%222
82.6%111

PCMark2002 Memory score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
86.0%332
83.6%222

WinRAR compressing/decompressing speed benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
74.4%222
72.4%332


CPUIDs

The table below compares two random CPUID records for AMD FX-6200 and AMD Phenom II X4 965 (140W, BE) microprocessors, that were submitted to our CPUID database.

  CPUID 1 CPUID 2
ManufacturerAMD
CPU FamilyFX-SeriesPhenom II X4
Model / Processor NumberFX-6200965
Frequency3812 MHz2971 MHz
CWID version0.50.3
Part numberFD6200FRW6KGUHDZ965FBK4DGI
S-Spec / Stepping CodeFA 1216PGTCACYC AC 0927DPMW
 
General information
VendorAuthenticAMD
Processor name (BIOS)AMD FX(tm)-6200 Six-Core Processor AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor
Cores64
Logical processors34
Processor type6Original OEM Processor
Core steppingOriginal OEM ProcessorRB-C2
CPUID signatureOR-B2100F42
Family600F1216 (010h)
Model21 (015h) 4 (04h)
Stepping 1 (01h) 2 (02h)
Stepping 2 (02h) 
SocketAM3+ 
 
Cache
L1 data: Associativity4-way set associative2-way set associative
L1 data: CommentsDirect-mapped 
L1 data: Line size64 bytes
L1 data: Lines per tag 1
L1 data: Size6 x 16 KB4 x 64 KB
L1 instruction: Associativity2-way set associative
L1 instruction: CommentsDirect-mapped|1 cache per 2 cores 
L1 instruction: Line size64 bytes
L1 instruction: Lines per tag 1
L1 instruction: Size3 x 64 KB4 x 64 KB
L2: Associativity16-way set associative
L2: CommentsNon-inclusive|Direct-mapped|1 cache per 2 cores 
L2: Line size64 bytes
L2: Lines per tag 1
L2: Size3 x 2 MB4 x 512 KB
L3: Associativity64-way set associative48-way set associative
L3: CommentsNon-inclusive|Direct-mapped|Shared between all cores 
L3: Line size64 bytes
L3: Lines per tag 1
L3: Size8 MB6 MB
 
Instruction set extensions
3DNow!-+
AES+-
AMD extensions to MMX+
AVX+-
Extensions to 3DNow!-+
FMA4+-
MMX+
SSE+
SSE2+
SSE3+
SSE4.1+-
SSE4.2+-
SSE4A+
SSSE3+-
XOP+-
 
Additional instructions
Advanced Bit manipulation+
CLFLUSH+
CMOV+
CMPXCHG16B+
CMPXCHG8B+
FXSAVE/FXRSTORE+
MONITOR/MWAIT+
PCLMULDQ+-
POPCNT+
PREFETCH/PREFETCHW+
RDTSCP+
SKINIT / STGI support+
SYSCALL/SYSRET+
SYSENTER/SYSEXIT+
XSAVE / XRESTORE states+-
 
Major features
64-bit / Intel 64+
NX bit/XD-bit+
On-chip Floating Point Unit+
PowerNow! / Cool'n'Quiet+
Secure Virtual Machine (Virtualization)+
Turbo Core+-
 
Other features
1 GB large page support+
100MHz multiplier control+
128-bit SSE instructions+
36-bit page-size extensions+
Advanced programmable interrupt controller+
Core multi-processing legacy mode+
Debugging extensions+
Extended APIC space+
Hardware P-state control+
Hardware thermal control+
Instruction based sampling+
LAHF / SAHF support in 64-bit mode+
LBR virtualization+
LOCK MOV CR0 means MOV CR8+
Lightweight profiling support+-
Machine check architecture+
Machine check exception+
Memory-type range registers+
Misaligned SSE mode+
Model-specific registers+
Nested page tables+
OS visible workaround+
Page attribute table+
Page global extension+
Page-size extensions (4MB pages)+
Physical address extensions+
SVM lock+
Software thermal control-+
Support for NRIP save+
THERMTRIP+
TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states+
Temperature sensor+
Time stamp counter+
Virtual 8086-mode enhancements+
Watchdog timer support+

+ - feature is supported
- - feature is not supported
Features, not supported by all processors in the table, are not displayed

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