AMD Athlon X4 730 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 730 and AMD Athlon II X2 260u processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 730

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 78% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 50% 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 31% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 937 vs 716
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2278 vs 713
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Oct 2012 vs October 2009
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache 192 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 937 vs 716
PassMark - CPU mark 2278 vs 713

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 260u

  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 730
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X2 260u

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
937
716
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2278
713
Name AMD Athlon X4 730 AMD Athlon II X2 260u
PassMark - Single thread mark 937 716
PassMark - CPU mark 2278 713
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1119
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1882

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X4 730 AMD Athlon II X2 260u

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Regor
Launch date 2 Oct 2012 October 2009
Place in performance rating 2315 2326
Launch price (MSRP) $83
Price now $83.44
Value for money (0-100) 3.90
Vertical segment Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 2.8 GHz
Die size 246 mm² 117 mm
L1 cache 192 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 1.8 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 1303 million 410 million
Unlocked
64 bit support

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FM2 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 25 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 2.0

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)