AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ EE vs AMD Sempron 2600+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ EE and AMD Sempron 2600+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ EE

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
• Around 50% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
• 2x 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
• 2.6x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 835 vs 325
• 2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 720 vs 253

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 2600+

• Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 62 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ EE
CPU 2: AMD Sempron 2600+

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	835 325
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	720 253

Compare specifications (specs)