AMD A4-5300 vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-5300 and AMD Phenom II X4 905e 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-5300

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 44% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1336 vs 1034
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 September 2012 vs June 2009
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1336 vs 1034

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 905e

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • 3.2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2014 vs 1365
  • 3.9x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1662 vs 425
  • 7.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 4721 vs 638
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 160 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 2014 vs 1365
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1662 vs 425
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4721 vs 638

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-5300
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 905e

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1336
1034
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1365
2014
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
425
1662
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
638
4721
Name AMD A4-5300 AMD Phenom II X4 905e
PassMark - Single thread mark 1336 1034
PassMark - CPU mark 1365 2014
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 425 1662
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 638 4721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1572
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3405
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1572
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.495

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A4-5300 AMD Phenom II X4 905e

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Deneb
Launch date 26 September 2012 June 2009
Place in performance rating 1907 1928
Series AMD A-Series (Desktop) 4x Phenom II (Desktop)
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $212
Price now $53.99
Value for money (0-100) 16.84

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm 258 mm
L1 cache 160 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2048 KB 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 70 °C
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz 2.5 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2 4
Transistor count 1303 Million 758 million
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FM2 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)