AMD Athlon II X4 605e vs AMD Athlon X2 4850e

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 605e and AMD Athlon X2 4850e 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 605e

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 997 vs 903
• 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1966 vs 783
• Around 20% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1433 vs 1198
• 2.1x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 4113 vs 1990

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 4850e

• Around 9% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 605e
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X2 4850e

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	997 903
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1966 783
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1433 1198
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	4113 1990

Compare specifications (specs)