AMD Athlon II X4 600e vs AMD Phenom X4 9750B

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 600e and AMD Phenom X4 9750B 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.

AMD Athlon II X4 600e

AMD Phenom X4 9750B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 600e

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1795 vs 1520

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	October 2009 vs August 2008
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	1795 vs 1520

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9750B

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

Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz vs 2.2 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 600e
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9750B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

913

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1795

1520

Name	AMD Athlon II X4 600e	AMD Phenom X4 9750B
PassMark - Single thread mark	913	913
PassMark - CPU mark	1795	1520

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X4 600e	AMD Phenom X4 9750B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Propus	Agena
Launch date	October 2009	August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$130
Place in performance rating	2379	2382
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	2.4 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	95 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)