AMD FX-4320 vs AMD Athlon X2 4850e

Comparative analysis of AMD FX-4320 and AMD Athlon X2 4850e 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 FX-4320

• CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• Around 64% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm SOI vs 65 nm
• 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 73% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1564 vs 903
• 4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3140 vs 783

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 4850e

• Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
• 2.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1198 vs 550
• Around 35% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1990 vs 1472

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD FX-4320
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X2 4850e

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1564 903
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	3140 783
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	550 1198
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1472 1990

Compare specifications (specs)