AMD Phenom II X4 840T vs AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 840T and AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 840T

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• Around 38% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 80% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1272 vs 705
• 4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2360 vs 591

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350

• 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 840T
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X2 BE-2350

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1272 705
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2360 591

Compare specifications (specs)