AMD Athlon II X2 270u vs AMD Phenom II X3 720
Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 270u and AMD Phenom II X3 720 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. 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 270u
- CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
- 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 95 Watt
Launch date | September 2010 vs January 2010 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt vs 95 Watt |
Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 720
- 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
- Around 40% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2 GHz
- 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
- Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
- Around 40% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1105 vs 791
- 2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1575 vs 675
Specifications (specs) | |
Number of cores | 3 vs 2 |
Maximum frequency | 2.8 GHz vs 2 GHz |
L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB |
L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 1105 vs 791 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 1575 vs 675 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 270u
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 720
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Athlon II X2 270u | AMD Phenom II X3 720 |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 791 | 1105 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 675 | 1575 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 374 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 968 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Athlon II X2 270u | AMD Phenom II X3 720 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Regor | Heka |
Launch date | September 2010 | January 2010 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $68 | $75 |
Place in performance rating | 2584 | 2587 |
Price now | $67.67 | $69.99 |
Value for money (0-100) | 5.88 | 11.28 |
Vertical segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Performance |
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64 bit support | ||
Die size | 117 mm | 258 mm |
L1 cache | 128 KB | 128 KB (per core) |
L2 cache | 1024 KB | 512 KB (per core) |
Manufacturing process technology | 45 nm | 45 nm |
Maximum frequency | 2 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
Number of cores | 2 | 3 |
Transistor count | 410 million | 758 million |
L3 cache | 6144 KB (shared) | |
Memory |
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Supported memory types | DDR2, DDR3 | DDR3 |
Compatibility |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
Sockets supported | AM3 | AM3 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt | 95 Watt |