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
CPU 1
CPU 2
791
1105
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
675
1575
Name AMD Athlon II X2 270u AMD Phenom II X3 720
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

Essentials

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

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