AMD E2-3200 vs AMD Phenom X3 8600

Comparative analysis of AMD E2-3200 and AMD Phenom X3 8600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, 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 E2-3200

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
• Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
• Around 36% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1401 vs 1030

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X3 8600

• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
• Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 10% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2486 vs 2253

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD E2-3200
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X3 8600

Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1401 1030
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	2253 2486

Compare specifications (specs)