AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs Intel Core i7-8559U

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Phenom II X2 545		Intel Core i7-8559U
CPU comparison AMD Phenom II X2 545 or Intel Core i7-8559U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Phenom II X2 545 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Phenom II X2 545 was released in Q2/2009. The Intel Core i7-8559U has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-8559U was released in Q2/2018.

AMD Phenom II (52)	Family	Intel Core i7 (298)
AMD Phenom II - 545 (9)	CPU group	Intel Core i 8000U (8)
2	Generation	8
Callisto (K10)	Architecture	Coffee Lake U
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Phenom II X2 545 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz. The Intel Core i7-8559U has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.70 GHz (4.50 GHz).
AMD Phenom II X2 545	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-8559U
2	Cores	4
2	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
3.00 GHz	Frequency	2.70 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.50 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.20 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Phenom II X2 545	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-8559U
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
	GPU frequency	0.30 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.20 GHz
--	GPU Generation	9.5
	Technology	14 nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	48
--	Shader	384
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
--	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Phenom II X2 545 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-8559U can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Phenom II X2 545	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-8559U
DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066	Memory	DDR4-2400
	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
6.00 MB	L3 Cache	6.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	16
--	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Phenom II X2 545 has a TDP of 80 W, that of the Intel Core i7-8559U is 28 W.
AMD Phenom II X2 545	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-8559U
80 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	28 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD Phenom II X2 545 has a 6.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-8559U cache has a total of 6.00 MB.
AMD Phenom II X2 545	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-8559U
45 nm	Technology	14 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE3, SSE4a	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
AM3	Socket	BGA 1528
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2009	Release date	Q2/2018
65 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Phenom II X2 545 (40%)

Intel Core i7-8559U (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Phenom II X2 545 (21%)

Intel Core i7-8559U (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Phenom II X2 545 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	398 (36%)
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	1103 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Phenom II X2 545 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	723 (17%)
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	4288 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Phenom II X2 545 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	1931 (22%)
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	8665 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Phenom II X2 545 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	79 (43%)
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	184 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Phenom II X2 545 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	152 (23%)
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	675 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Phenom II X2 545 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	1390 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Phenom II X2 545 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	4682 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Phenom II X2 545 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	431 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Phenom II X2 545 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	1572 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Phenom II X2 545 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-8559U Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 @ 1.20 GHz	922 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Phenom II X2 545 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz	2324 (100%)

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