AMD A4-3420 vs AMD Phenom II X3 710

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-3420 and AMD Phenom II X3 710 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-3420

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• Around 8% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
• Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1119 vs 1067

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 710

• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
• Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 47% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1571 vs 1067
• Around 3% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 354 vs 345
• Around 56% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 956 vs 612

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-3420
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 710

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1119 1067
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1067 1571
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	345 354
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	612 956

Compare specifications (specs)