AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF vs AMD Athlon II X3 400e

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF and AMD Athlon II X3 400e processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF

AMD Athlon II X3 400e

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF

3 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 3
Around 64% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 45 nm

Number of cores	6 vs 3
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 45 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 400e

Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 400e

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF	AMD Athlon II X3 400e
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	3319
PassMark - Single thread mark		908
PassMark - CPU mark		1320
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1398
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3137

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF	AMD Athlon II X3 400e
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Rana
Launch date	Q1'2020	October 2009
OPN Tray	YD1600BBAFBOX
Place in performance rating	1998	1973
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$107
Price now		$107.43
Value for money (0-100)		5.51
Performance
Base frequency	3.2 GHz
L3 cache	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	6	3
Number of threads	12
64 bit support
Die size		169 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
L2 cache		512 KB (per core)
Transistor count		300 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	39.74 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR3
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20