AMD A4-3420 vs AMD Phenom II X4 910

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-3420 and AMD Phenom II X4 910 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 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1113 vs 988

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 910

• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 69% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1776 vs 1054
• Around 5% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 361 vs 345
• 2.1x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1258 vs 612

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-3420
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 910

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1113 988
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1054 1776
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	345 361
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	612 1258

Compare specifications (specs)