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.

 

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 2315 2327
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™)