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.

 

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
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 2380 2383
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™)