AMD A6-3500 vs AMD Phenom II X3 B73

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-3500 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-3500

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• 2x 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

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 B73

• Around 33% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
• Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1056 vs 963
• Around 8% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1538 vs 1420

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-3500
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 B73

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	963 1056
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1420 1538

Compare specifications (specs)