AMD Phenom II X3 B73 vs AMD Phenom X4 9150e

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X3 B73 and AMD Phenom X4 9150e processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, 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 Phenom II X3 B73

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
• Around 56% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 46% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1056 vs 721
• Around 9% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1538 vs 1414

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9150e

• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
• Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X3 B73
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9150e

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1056 721
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1538 1414

Compare specifications (specs)