AMD A4-3420 vs AMD Athlon X2 4450e

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-3420 and AMD Athlon X2 4450e processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-3420

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• Around 22% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1113 vs 1066
• Around 22% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1054 vs 867

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 4450e

• Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
• 3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1045 vs 345
• 2.8x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1701 vs 612

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-3420
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X2 4450e

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1113 1066
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1054 867
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	345 1045
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	612 1701

Compare specifications (specs)