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.

AMD Athlon II X2 270u

AMD Phenom II X3 720

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 39% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1103 vs 791
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1554 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	1103 vs 791
PassMark - CPU mark	1554 vs 675

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 270u
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 720

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

791

1103

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

675

1554

Name	AMD Athlon II X2 270u	AMD Phenom II X3 720
PassMark - Single thread mark	791	1103
PassMark - CPU mark	675	1554
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		374
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		968

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X2 270u	AMD Phenom II X3 720
Essentials
Architecture codename	Regor	Heka
Launch date	September 2010	January 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$68	$75
Place in performance rating	2484	2486
Price now	$67.67	$69.99
Value for money (0-100)	5.88	11.28
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
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
Supported memory types	DDR2, DDR3	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	95 Watt