AMD A6-3500 vs AMD Phenom X4 9150e

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-3500 and AMD Phenom X4 9150e 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 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 17% higher clock speed: 2.1 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 963 vs 721
Specifications (specs)
Launch date August 2011 vs July 2008
Maximum frequency 2.1 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 65 nm
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 512 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 963 vs 721
PassMark - CPU mark 1420 vs 1414

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9150e

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3.6x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1116 vs 307
  • 4.1x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 3175 vs 770
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 3
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1116 vs 307
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3175 vs 770

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-3500
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9150e

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
963
721
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1420
1414
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
307
1116
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
770
3175
Name AMD A6-3500 AMD Phenom X4 9150e
PassMark - Single thread mark 963 721
PassMark - CPU mark 1420 1414
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 307 1116
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 770 3175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1.595
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.083
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 26.895
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4450
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4450

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A6-3500 AMD Phenom X4 9150e

Essentials

Architecture codename Llano Agena
Launch date August 2011 July 2008
Place in performance rating 2250 2226
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 228 mm 285 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 2.1 GHz 1.8 GHz
Number of cores 3 4
Transistor count 1178 million 450 million
L3 cache 2048 KB (shared)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FM1 AM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)