AMD Athlon II X3 420e vs AMD Phenom II X6 1045T

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 420e and AMD Phenom II X6 1045T 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 420e

• 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X6 1045T

• 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 3
• Around 23% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 21% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1284 vs 1058
• 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3210 vs 1557

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 420e
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X6 1045T

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1058 1284
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1557 3210

Compare specifications (specs)