AMD Athlon X4 730 vs AMD Phenom II X4 900e

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 730 and AMD Phenom II X4 900e 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 X4 900e

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 730

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
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
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2278 vs 1727

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 Oct 2012 vs June 2009
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 1727

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 900e

2.7x 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: 966 vs 937

Specifications (specs)
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	966 vs 937

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 730
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 900e

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

937

966

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2278

1727

Name	AMD Athlon X4 730	AMD Phenom II X4 900e
PassMark - Single thread mark	937	966
PassMark - CPU mark	2278	1727

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 730	AMD Phenom II X4 900e
Essentials
Architecture codename	Trinity	Deneb
Launch date	2 Oct 2012	June 2009
Place in performance rating	2312	2309
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	4
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™)