AMD Athlon II X4 620 vs AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 620 and AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600 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, 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 X4 620

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 18% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1062 vs 430
  • 4.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2019 vs 412
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2009 vs October 2007
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz vs 2.2 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
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1062 vs 430
PassMark - CPU mark 2019 vs 412

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600

  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 620
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1062
430
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2019
412
Name AMD Athlon II X4 620 AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600
PassMark - Single thread mark 1062 430
PassMark - CPU mark 2019 412
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 312
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1083
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.01
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 8.801
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.384

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X4 620 AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600

Essentials

Architecture codename Propus Windsor
Launch date September 2009 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $65
Place in performance rating 3091 3096
Price now $69.99
Value for money (0-100) 12.37
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 169 mm 230 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 2.6 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Transistor count 300 million 227 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 45 Watt