AMD Phenom II X3 720 vs AMD Athlon 64 LE-1620

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X3 720 and AMD Athlon 64 LE-1620 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 720

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 1
• Around 17% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.4 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
• 2.3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1105 vs 475
• 3.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1575 vs 421

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 LE-1620

• 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
• 2.9x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1101 vs 374
• Around 11% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1074 vs 968

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X3 720
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 LE-1620

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1105 475
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1575 421
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	374 1101
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	968 1074

Compare specifications (specs)