E-300 vs Phenom II X3 B75
Primary details
Comparing Phenom II X3 B75 and E-300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2357 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD E-Series |
| Architecture codename | Heka (2009−2010) | Zacate (2011−2013) |
| Release date | 1 October 2009 (14 years ago) | 22 August 2011 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X3 B75 and E-300 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 cores | 3 (Tri-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 3 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 1.3 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 6 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 40 nm |
| Die size | 258 mm2 | 75 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 758 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X3 B75 and E-300 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 configuration | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | AM3 | FT1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 18 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 B75 and E-300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SVM |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 B75 and E-300 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 B75 and E-300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | AMD Radeon HD 6310 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X3 B75 and E-300.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no 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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2009 | 22 August 2011 |
| Physical cores | 3 | 2 |
| Threads | 3 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 18 Watt |
Phenom II X3 B75 has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.
E-300, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 12.5% more advanced lithography process, and 427.8% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Phenom II X3 B75 and E-300. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Phenom II X3 B75 is a desktop processor while E-300 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X3 B75 and E-300, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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