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
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 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: 1282 vs 1058
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3200 vs 1557
Specifications (specs) | |
Number of cores | 6 vs 3 |
Maximum frequency | 3.2 GHz vs 2.6 GHz |
L1 cache | 768 KB vs 128 KB (per core) |
L2 cache | 3 MB vs 512 KB (per core) |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 1282 vs 1058 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 3200 vs 1557 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 420e
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X6 1045T
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Athlon II X3 420e | AMD Phenom II X6 1045T |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 1058 | 1282 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 1557 | 3200 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 1915 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 7420 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 5.255 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 14.359 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.277 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 0.376 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 5.413 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Athlon II X3 420e | AMD Phenom II X6 1045T | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Rana | Thuban |
Launch date | September 2010 | September 2010 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $116 | $175 |
Place in performance rating | 2210 | 2233 |
Price now | $116.15 | $175 |
Value for money (0-100) | 5.80 | 8.11 |
Vertical segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Family | AMD Phenom | |
OPN PIB | HDT45TWFGRBOX | |
OPN Tray | HDT45TWFK6DGR | |
Series | AMD Phenom II X6 | |
Performance |
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64 bit support | ||
Die size | 169 mm | 346 mm |
L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 768 KB |
L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 3 MB |
Manufacturing process technology | 45 nm | 45 nm |
Maximum frequency | 2.6 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
Number of cores | 3 | 6 |
Transistor count | 300 million | 904 million |
Base frequency | 2.7 GHz | |
L3 cache | 6 MB | |
Maximum core temperature | 71°C | |
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Memory |
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Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Compatibility |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
Sockets supported | AM3 | AM3 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt | 95 Watt |