AMD Athlon II X4 600e vs AMD Phenom II X4 900e

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 600e and AMD Phenom II X4 900e processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon II X4 600e

AMD Phenom II X4 900e

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 600e

CPU is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1795 vs 1505

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	October 2009 vs June 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	1795 vs 1505

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 900e

Around 9% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.2 GHz

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	917 vs 913

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 600e
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 900e

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

913

917

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1795

1505

Name	AMD Athlon II X4 600e	AMD Phenom II X4 900e
PassMark - Single thread mark	913	917
PassMark - CPU mark	1795	1505

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X4 600e	AMD Phenom II X4 900e
Essentials
Architecture codename	Propus	Deneb
Launch date	October 2009	June 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$130
Place in performance rating	2379	2380
Price now	$130.23
Value for money (0-100)	5.55
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	169 mm	258 mm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Transistor count	300 million	758 million
L3 cache		6144 KB (shared)
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	65 Watt