AMD Athlon II X4 620e vs AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 620e and AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition 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 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2 GHz
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 125 Watt
Launch date May 2011 vs June 2009
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz vs 2 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 125 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition

  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3489 vs 2906
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 3489 vs 2906

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 620e
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition

PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2906
3489
Name AMD Athlon II X4 620e AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition
PassMark - Single thread mark 0 0
PassMark - CPU mark 2906 3489

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X4 620e AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition

Essentials

Architecture codename Propus Deneb
Family AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date May 2011 June 2009
OPN PIB AD620EHDGMBOX
OPN Tray AD620EHDK42GM
Place in performance rating 3316 3314
Series AMD Athlon II X4
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.7 GHz
Die size 169 mm 258 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz 2 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 300 million 758 million
Unlocked
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 125 Watt