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
CPU 1
CPU 2
1058
1282
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1557
3200
Name AMD Athlon II X3 420e AMD Phenom II X6 1045T
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

Essentials

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

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

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 95 Watt