AMD Athlon II X3 400e vs AMD Athlon X2 7550

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 400e and AMD Athlon X2 7550 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 X3 400e

  • CPU is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 50% 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
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1320 vs 900
  • Around 29% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 3137 vs 2427
Specifications (specs)
Launch date October 2009 vs December 2008
Number of cores 3 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1320 vs 900
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3137 vs 2427

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 7550

  • Around 14% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 934 vs 908
  • Around 3% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1446 vs 1398
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.5 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 934 vs 908
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1446 vs 1398

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 400e
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X2 7550

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
908
934
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1320
900
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1398
1446
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
3137
2427
Name AMD Athlon II X3 400e AMD Athlon X2 7550
PassMark - Single thread mark 908 934
PassMark - CPU mark 1320 900
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1398 1446
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3137 2427

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X3 400e AMD Athlon X2 7550

Essentials

Architecture codename Rana Kuma
Launch date October 2009 December 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $107
Place in performance rating 1973 1996
Price now $107.43
Value for money (0-100) 5.51
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 169 mm 285 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 2.2 GHz 2.5 GHz
Number of cores 3 2
Transistor count 300 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 95 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)