AMD Phenom II X3 700e vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ EE

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X3 700e and AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ EE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. 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 Phenom II X3 700e

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
  • 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 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 961 vs 764
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1451 vs 675
Specifications (specs)
Launch date June 2009 vs May 2006
Number of cores 3 vs 2
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 256 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 961 vs 764
PassMark - CPU mark 1451 vs 675

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X3 700e
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ EE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
961
764
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1451
675
Name AMD Phenom II X3 700e AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ EE
PassMark - Single thread mark 961 764
PassMark - CPU mark 1451 675
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1044
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1731

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X3 700e AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ EE

Essentials

Architecture codename Heka Windsor
Launch date June 2009 May 2006
Place in performance rating 2327 2352
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 258 mm 220 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 256 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 1024 KB
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 3 2
Transistor count 758 million 154 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt