AMD Athlon II X3 440 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 440 and AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 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 440

• CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
• Around 50% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2 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
• 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 85% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1194 vs 646
• Around 79% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1712 vs 958
• Around 73% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 364 vs 211
• 2.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 942 vs 373

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+

• Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 440
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1194 646
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1712 958
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	364 211
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	942 373

Compare specifications (specs)