AMD Athlon II X3 420e vs AMD Phenom X4 9150e

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 420e and AMD Phenom X4 9150e 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.

AMD Athlon II X3 420e

AMD Phenom X4 9150e

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 420e

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 44% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1058 vs 721
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1557 vs 1414

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	September 2010 vs July 2008
Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1058 vs 721
PassMark - CPU mark	1557 vs 1414

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9150e

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
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

Number of cores	4 vs 3
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 420e
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9150e

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1058

721

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1557

1414

Name	AMD Athlon II X3 420e	AMD Phenom X4 9150e
PassMark - Single thread mark	1058	721
PassMark - CPU mark	1557	1414
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1116
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3175

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X3 420e	AMD Phenom X4 9150e
Essentials
Architecture codename	Rana	Agena
Launch date	September 2010	July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$116
Place in performance rating	2210	2224
Price now	$116.15
Value for money (0-100)	5.80
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	2.6 GHz	1.8 GHz
Number of cores	3	4
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	65 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)