AMD Phenom II X4 900e vs AMD Phenom X3 8400

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 900e and AMD Phenom X3 8400 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.

AMD Phenom II X4 900e

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AMD Phenom X3 8400

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 900e

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
• Around 14% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 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
• 3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
• Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 966 vs 819
• Around 48% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1727 vs 1164

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CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 900e
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X3 8400

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