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.

AMD Athlon II X4 600e

AMD Phenom X4 9100e

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™)