AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs AMD Phenom X4 9100e

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 270 and AMD Phenom X4 9100e 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 270

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
• Around 89% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• Around 85% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1360 vs 734
• Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1301 vs 1279

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9100e

• 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
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 855 vs 396
• 3.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2584 vs 737

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 270
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9100e

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1360 734
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1301 1279
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	396 855
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	737 2584

Compare specifications (specs)