AMD A4-5300B vs AMD Phenom II X3 B73

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-5300B and AMD Phenom II X3 B73 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-5300B

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• Around 21% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
• Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1233 vs 1056

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 B73

• 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 24% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1538 vs 1243

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-5300B
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 B73

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1233 1056
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1243 1538

Compare specifications (specs)