AMD Athlon 64 2650e vs AMD Phenom X4 9600

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 2650e and AMD Phenom X4 9600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 2650e

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 6.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 95 Watt
Launch date January 2009 vs November 2007
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9600

  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 44% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.3 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 2650e
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9600

Name AMD Athlon 64 2650e AMD Phenom X4 9600
PassMark - Single thread mark 304
PassMark - CPU mark 274
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 216
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 772

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 64 2650e AMD Phenom X4 9600

Essentials

Architecture codename Lima Agena
Launch date January 2009 November 2007
Place in performance rating 3242 3247
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 77 mm 285 mm
L1 cache 128 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 1.6 GHz 2.3 GHz
Number of cores 1 4
Transistor count 122 million 450 million
L3 cache 2048 KB (shared)

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM2 AM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 95 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)