AMD Athlon II X3 400e vs AMD Phenom II X4 905e

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 400e and AMD Phenom II X4 905e 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 400e

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
• Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 905e

• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
• Around 14% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
• Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1034 vs 908
• Around 53% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2014 vs 1320
• Around 19% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1662 vs 1398
• Around 50% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 4721 vs 3137

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 400e
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 905e

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	908 1034
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1320 2014
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1398 1662
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	3137 4721

Compare specifications (specs)