AMD Phenom II X3 705e vs AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X3 705e and AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 705e

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 1
  • Around 14% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
  • 3x 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
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 962 vs 430
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1222 vs 412
Specifications (specs)
Launch date June 2009 vs October 2007
Number of cores 3 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.5 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 962 vs 430
PassMark - CPU mark 1222 vs 412

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600

  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X3 705e
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
962
430
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1222
412
Name AMD Phenom II X3 705e AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600
PassMark - Single thread mark 962 430
PassMark - CPU mark 1222 412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.938
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7.825
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.123
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.578

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X3 705e AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600

Essentials

Architecture codename Heka Windsor
Launch date June 2009 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $152
Place in performance rating 3093 3096
Price now $152.34
Value for money (0-100) 4.31
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 258 mm 230 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 1024 KB
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 2.5 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 3 1
Transistor count 758 million 227 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 45 Watt