AMD E1-1200 vs Athlon II X3 420e

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General info

Comparing Athlon II X3 420e and E1-1200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2314not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money5.80no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD E-Series
Architecture codenameRana (2009−2011)Zacate (2011−2013)
Release date21 September 2010 (13 years old)6 June 2012 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$116no data
Current price$17.22 (0.1x MSRP)$124
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Athlon II X3 420e and E1-1200 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores3 (Tri-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads32
Base clock speed2.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz1.4 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm40 nm
Die size169 mm275 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data100 °C
Number of transistors300 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X3 420e and E1-1200 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketAM3FT1
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X3 420e and E1-1200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V
PowerNowno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X3 420e and E1-1200 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X3 420e and E1-1200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 7310

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X3 420e and E1-1200.

PCIe version2.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Athlon II X3 420e 1557
+310%
E1-1200 380

Athlon II X3 420e outperforms E1-1200 by 310% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 21 September 2010 6 June 2012
Physical cores 3 2
Threads 3 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 18 Watt

We couldn't decide between Athlon II X3 420e and E1-1200. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon II X3 420e is a desktop processor while E1-1200 is a notebook one.


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