AMD Athlon X4 730 vs AMD Phenom X3 8400

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 730 and AMD Phenom X3 8400 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.

AMD Athlon X4 730

AMD Phenom X3 8400

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 730

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
Around 52% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
2.7x 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
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 937 vs 819
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2278 vs 1164

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 Oct 2012 vs March 2008
Number of cores	4 vs 3
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 65 nm
L2 cache	4 MB vs 512 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	937 vs 819
PassMark - CPU mark	2278 vs 1164

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X3 8400

2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 192 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 730
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X3 8400

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

937

819

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2278

1164

Name	AMD Athlon X4 730	AMD Phenom X3 8400
PassMark - Single thread mark	937	819
PassMark - CPU mark	2278	1164
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		973
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2405

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 730	AMD Phenom X3 8400
Essentials
Architecture codename	Trinity	Toliman
Launch date	2 Oct 2012	March 2008
Place in performance rating	2309	2297
Vertical segment		Desktop
Performance
Base frequency	2.8 GHz
Die size	246 mm²	285 mm
L1 cache	192 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	65 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	2.1 GHz
Number of cores	4	3
Number of threads	4
Transistor count	1303 million	450 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
L3 cache		2048 KB (shared)
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FM2	AM2+
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™)