AMD Athlon II X4 600e vs AMD Phenom X4 9100e

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 600e and AMD Phenom X4 9100e processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, 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 II X4 600e

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 913 vs 734
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1795 vs 1279
Specifications (specs)
Launch date October 2009 vs March 2008
Maximum frequency 2.2 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 913 vs 734
PassMark - CPU mark 1795 vs 1279

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 600e
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9100e

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
913
734
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1795
1279
Name AMD Athlon II X4 600e AMD Phenom X4 9100e
PassMark - Single thread mark 913 734
PassMark - CPU mark 1795 1279
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 855
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2584

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X4 600e AMD Phenom X4 9100e

Essentials

Architecture codename Propus Agena
Launch date October 2009 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $130
Place in performance rating 2380 2395
Price now $130.23
Value for money (0-100) 5.55
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 169 mm 285 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 65 nm
Maximum frequency 2.2 GHz 1.8 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Transistor count 300 million 450 million
L3 cache 2048 KB (shared)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 65 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)