AMD Athlon II X3 435 vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-55

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 435 and AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 435

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 1
  • Around 12% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 104 Watt
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1160 vs 505
  • 4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1625 vs 404
Specifications (specs)
Launch date October 2009 vs October 2004
Number of cores 3 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 104 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1160 vs 505
PassMark - CPU mark 1625 vs 404

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 435
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 FX-55

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1160
505
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1625
404
Name AMD Athlon II X3 435 AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
PassMark - Single thread mark 1160 505
PassMark - CPU mark 1625 404
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 370
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 997
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.146
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6.968
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.136
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.867

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X3 435 AMD Athlon 64 FX-55

Essentials

Architecture codename Rana San Diego
Launch date October 2009 October 2004
Launch price (MSRP) $160 $180
Place in performance rating 3005 2995
Price now $29.99 $179.95
Value for money (0-100) 24.28 1.18
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 169 mm 115 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz 2.6 GHz
Number of cores 3 1
Transistor count 300 million 114 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 939
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 104 Watt