AMD Phenom II X4 920 vs AMD Phenom X3 8450e

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 920 and AMD Phenom X3 8450e 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, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 920

• CPU is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
• Around 33% higher clock speed: 2.8 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 38% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1133 vs 824
• Around 81% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2181 vs 1206

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X3 8450e

• Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 920
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X3 8450e

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1133 824
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2181 1206

Compare specifications (specs)