AMD Athlon II X4 620e vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-72

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 620e and AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 620e

• CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 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 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
• 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 125 Watt
• Around 62% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2906 vs 1794

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 FX-72

• Around 8% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 620e
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 FX-72

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1 CPU 2

2906 1794

Compare specifications (specs)