AMD Athlon II X3 455 vs AMD Phenom X4 9100e

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 455 and AMD Phenom X4 9100e 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 455

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• Around 83% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• Around 81% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1332 vs 734
• Around 47% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1879 vs 1279

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9100e

• 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
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
• 2.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 855 vs 384
• 2.6x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2584 vs 999

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 455
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9100e

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1332 734
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1879 1279
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	384 855
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	999 2584

Compare specifications (specs)