AMD Athlon II X2 210e vs AMD Phenom X4 9350e

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 210e and AMD Phenom X4 9350e 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.

AMD Athlon II X2 210e

AMD Phenom X4 9350e

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 210e

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 30% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1105 vs 793

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	September 2010 vs July 2008
Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz vs 2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1105 vs 793

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9350e

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1550 vs 1105

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	1550 vs 1105

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 210e
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9350e

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1105

793

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1105

1550

Name	AMD Athlon II X2 210e	AMD Phenom X4 9350e
PassMark - Single thread mark	1105	793
PassMark - CPU mark	1105	1550
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1201
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3281

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X2 210e	AMD Phenom X4 9350e
Essentials
Architecture codename	Regor	Agena
Launch date	September 2010	July 2008
Place in performance rating	2073	2043
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	117 mm	285 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz	2 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Transistor count	410 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	AM3	AM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	65 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)