AMD Phenom II X6 1035T vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X6 1035T and AMD Athlon 64 3500+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Phenom II X6 1035T

AMD Athlon 64 3500+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X6 1035T

CPU is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 3 month(s) later
5 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 1
Around 18% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
6x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1226 vs 620
5.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3000 vs 539

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	April 2010 vs January 2001
Number of cores	6 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1226 vs 620
PassMark - CPU mark	3000 vs 539

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 3500+

Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 67 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	67 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X6 1035T
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 3500+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1226

620

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3000

539

Name	AMD Phenom II X6 1035T	AMD Athlon 64 3500+
PassMark - Single thread mark	1226	620
PassMark - CPU mark	3000	539
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	19.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.388
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1008
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		954

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Phenom II X6 1035T	AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Thuban	San Diego
Launch date	April 2010	January 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$189	$59
Place in performance rating	2517	2537
Price now	$189	$108.95
Value for money (0-100)	7.27	1.46
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	346 mm	115 mm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	90 nm
Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	6	1
Transistor count	904 million	105 million
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	939
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	67 Watt