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.

 

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 2209 2226
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™)