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 |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Athlon X4 730 | AMD Phenom II X3 700e |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 937 | 961 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 2278 | 1451 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Athlon X4 730 | AMD Phenom II X3 700e | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Trinity | Heka |
Launch date | 2 Oct 2012 | June 2009 |
Place in performance rating | 2315 | 2327 |
Vertical segment | Desktop | |
Performance |
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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 |
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64 bit support | ||
L3 cache | 6144 KB (shared) | |
Memory |
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ECC memory support | ||
Max memory channels | 2 | |
Supported memory frequency | 1866 MHz | |
Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Compatibility |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
Sockets supported | FM2 | AM3 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt | 65 Watt |
Peripherals |
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PCI Express revision | 2.0 | |
Advanced Technologies |
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Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) | ||
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3) | ||
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4) | ||
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) | ||
Virtualization |
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AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) |