AMD Athlon 5150 vs AMD Phenom II X3 705e

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AMD Athlon 5150 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Phenom II X3 705e
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Phenom II X3 705e

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon 5150 or AMD Phenom II X3 705e - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Athlon 5150 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The AMD Athlon 5150 was released in Q2/2014.

The AMD Phenom II X3 705e has 3 cores with 3 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Phenom II X3 705e was released in Q2/2009.
AMD Athlon (29) Family AMD Phenom II (52)
AMD Athlon 5000 (2) CPU group AMD Phenom II - 700 (9)
3 Generation 3
Kabini (Jaguar) Architecture Heka (K10)
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon 5150 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz. The AMD Phenom II X3 705e has 3 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz.

AMD Athlon 5150 Characteristic AMD Phenom II X3 705e
4 Cores 3
4 Threads 3
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? Yes
1.60 GHz Frequency 2.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Athlon 5150 Characteristic AMD Phenom II X3 705e
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon HD 8400 GPU no iGPU
0.60 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
5 GPU Generation --
28 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
2 Compute units --
128 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11.1 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon HD 8400 GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon 5150 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD Phenom II X3 705e can connect up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Athlon 5150 Characteristic AMD Phenom II X3 705e
DDR3L-1600 Memory DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066
Max. Memory
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
12.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 6.00 MB
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon 5150 has a TDP of 25 W, that of the AMD Phenom II X3 705e is 65 W.

AMD Athlon 5150 Characteristic AMD Phenom II X3 705e
25 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Athlon 5150 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the AMD Phenom II X3 705e cache has a total of 6.00 MB.

AMD Athlon 5150 Characteristic AMD Phenom II X3 705e
28 nm Technology 45 nm
Unknown Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX ISA extensions SSE3, SSE4a
AM1 Socket AM3
AMD-V Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2014 Release date Q2/2009
47 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
1376 (55%)
AMD Phenom II X3 705e AMD Phenom II X3 705e
3C 3T @ 2.50 GHz
2510 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
33 (50%)
AMD Phenom II X3 705e AMD Phenom II X3 705e
3C 3T @ 2.50 GHz
66 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
122 (64%)
AMD Phenom II X3 705e AMD Phenom II X3 705e
3C 3T @ 2.50 GHz
190 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
207 (100%)
AMD Phenom II X3 705e AMD Phenom II X3 705e
3C 3T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
754 (100%)
AMD Phenom II X3 705e AMD Phenom II X3 705e
3C 3T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
189 (100%)
AMD Phenom II X3 705e AMD Phenom II X3 705e
3C 3T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
583 (100%)
AMD Phenom II X3 705e AMD Phenom II X3 705e
3C 3T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
74 (100%)
AMD Phenom II X3 705e AMD Phenom II X3 705e
3C 3T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
260 (100%)
AMD Phenom II X3 705e AMD Phenom II X3 705e
3C 3T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Athlon 5150
AMD Radeon HD 8400 @ 0.60 GHz
154 (100%)
AMD Phenom II X3 705e AMD Phenom II X3 705e
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Athlon 5150 AMD Phenom II X3 705e
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