E-300 vs Phenom II X4 850
Primary details
Comparing Phenom II X4 850 and E-300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2043 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.32 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD E-Series |
| Architecture codename | Propus (2009−2011) | Zacate (2011−2013) |
| Release date | 1 June 2011 (13 years ago) | 22 August 2011 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $111 | no data |
| Current price | $60 (0.5x MSRP) | $200 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X4 850 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.3 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 1.3 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 40 nm |
| Die size | 169 mm2 | 75 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 300 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X4 850 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 X4 850 and E-300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | DDR3-1066 RAM (sin. chan.), PCIe 2 [?], MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SVM |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 850 and E-300 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 850 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 | no data | AMD Radeon HD 6310 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 850 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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Phenom II X4 850 outperforms E-300 by 594% in Passmark.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Phenom II X4 850 outperforms E-300 by 411% in GeekBench 5 Single-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.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Phenom II X4 850 outperforms E-300 by 966% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 June 2011 | 22 August 2011 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 18 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 850 and E-300. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Phenom II X4 850 is a desktop processor while E-300 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X4 850 and E-300, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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