AMD Athlon X4 730 vs AMD Phenom II X3 700e

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 730 and AMD Phenom II X3 700e 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.

AMD Athlon X4 730

AMD Phenom II X3 700e

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 730

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
Around 33% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2278 vs 1451

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 Oct 2012 vs June 2009
Number of cores	4 vs 3
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache	4 MB vs 512 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	2278 vs 1451

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 700e

2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 961 vs 937

Specifications (specs)
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	961 vs 937

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 730
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 700e

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

937

961

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2278

1451

Name	AMD Athlon X4 730	AMD Phenom II X3 700e
PassMark - Single thread mark	937	961
PassMark - CPU mark	2278	1451

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 730	AMD Phenom II X3 700e
Essentials
Architecture codename	Trinity	Heka
Launch date	2 Oct 2012	June 2009
Place in performance rating	2308	2317
Vertical segment		Desktop
Performance
Base frequency	2.8 GHz
Die size	246 mm²	258 mm
L1 cache	192 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	4	3
Number of threads	4
Transistor count	1303 million	758 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
L3 cache		6144 KB (shared)
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	65 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™)