AMD Phenom II X3 710 vs AMD Athlon X2 4050e

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X3 710 and AMD Athlon X2 4050e 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 710

  • CPU is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
  • Around 24% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 42% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1070 vs 751
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1551 vs 674
Specifications (specs)
Launch date February 2009 vs April 2008
Number of cores 3 vs 2
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 256 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1070 vs 751
PassMark - CPU mark 1551 vs 674

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 4050e

  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • 2.8x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 996 vs 354
  • Around 74% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1667 vs 956
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 996 vs 354
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1667 vs 956

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X3 710
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X2 4050e

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1070
751
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1551
674
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
354
996
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
956
1667
Name AMD Phenom II X3 710 AMD Athlon X2 4050e
PassMark - Single thread mark 1070 751
PassMark - CPU mark 1551 674
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 354 996
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 956 1667
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.84

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X3 710 AMD Athlon X2 4050e

Essentials

Architecture codename Heka Brisbane
Launch date February 2009 April 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $85
Place in performance rating 2610 2625
Price now $84.53
Value for money (0-100) 8.51
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 258 mm 126 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 256 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 512 KB
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz 2.1 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) 95 Watt 45 Watt