AMD Phenom II X4 B97 vs AMD Athlon II X3 405e

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 B97 and AMD Athlon II X3 405e processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. 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 B97

• CPU is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
• Around 39% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
• 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 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1320 vs 973
• Around 92% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2552 vs 1331

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 405e

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

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 B97
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 405e

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1320 973
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2552 1331

Compare specifications (specs)