AMD A6-3600 vs AMD Phenom II X4 900e

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-3600 and AMD Phenom II X4 900e 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s).

AMD A6-3600

AMD Phenom II X4 900e

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-3600

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 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 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1697 vs 1505

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	June 2011 vs June 2009
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache	1024 KB (per core) vs 512 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	1697 vs 1505

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 900e

Around 14% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 917 vs 909

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	917 vs 909

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-3600
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 900e

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

909

917

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1697

1505

Name	AMD A6-3600	AMD Phenom II X4 900e
PassMark - Single thread mark	909	917
PassMark - CPU mark	1697	1505
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1373
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3720
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.634
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	0.334

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A6-3600	AMD Phenom II X4 900e
Essentials
Architecture codename	Llano	Deneb
Launch date	June 2011	June 2009
Place in performance rating	2374	2380
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	228 mm	258 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	45 nm
Maximum frequency	2.1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Transistor count	1178 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	FM1	AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)