AMD Athlon X4 730 vs AMD Phenom II X4 B97

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 730 and AMD Phenom II X4 B97 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 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 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 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Launch date 2 Oct 2012 vs May 2010
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache 4 MB vs 512 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 B97

  • 2.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1320 vs 937
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2539 vs 2278
Specifications (specs)
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1320 vs 937
PassMark - CPU mark 2539 vs 2278

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 730
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 B97

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
937
1320
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2278
2539
Name AMD Athlon X4 730 AMD Phenom II X4 B97
PassMark - Single thread mark 937 1320
PassMark - CPU mark 2278 2539
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 430
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1447

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X4 730 AMD Phenom II X4 B97

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Deneb
Launch date 2 Oct 2012 May 2010
Place in performance rating 2315 2338
Family AMD Phenom
Launch price (MSRP) $100
OPN Tray HDXB97WFK4DGM
Price now $56.99
Series AMD Business Class - AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core
Value for money (0-100) 20.09
Vertical segment Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 2.8 GHz 3.2 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 3.2 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 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 95 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™)