AMD Phenom II X4 910 vs AMD Phenom X3 8250e

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 910 and AMD Phenom X3 8250e 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 X4 910

• CPU is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
• Around 37% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 1.9 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 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 988 vs 729
• Around 64% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1776 vs 1084

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X3 8250e

• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 910
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X3 8250e

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	988 729
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1776 1084

Compare specifications (specs)