AMD Phenom II X4 N930 vs AMD Athlon 64 TF-20

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 N930 and AMD Athlon 64 TF-20 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies. 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 N930

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
• 3 more threads: 4 vs 1
• Around 25% higher clock speed: 2 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 8192x 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: 817 vs 454
• 6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1584 vs 265
• Around 35% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 890 vs 660

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 TF-20

• Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
• 3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 687 vs 229

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 N930
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 TF-20

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	817 454
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1584 265
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	229 687
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	890 660

Compare specifications (specs)