AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 vs AMD Athlon 64 3300+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 and AMD Athlon 64 3300+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 130 nm
• 2x 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
• Around 98% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 89 Watt
• Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 591 vs 576

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 3300+

• Around 14% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
• Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 734 vs 705

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 3300+

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	705 734
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	591 576

Compare specifications (specs)