AMD Athlon II X4 605e vs AMD Phenom X4 9350e

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 605e and AMD Phenom X4 9350e 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Athlon II X4 605e

AMD Phenom X4 9350e

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 605e

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 15% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 2 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 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 999 vs 795
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1966 vs 1590
Around 19% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1433 vs 1201
Around 25% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 4113 vs 3281

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	October 2009 vs July 2008
Maximum frequency	2.3 GHz vs 2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	999 vs 795
PassMark - CPU mark	1966 vs 1590
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1433 vs 1201
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	4113 vs 3281

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 605e
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9350e

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

999

795

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1966

1590

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

1433

1201

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

4113

3281

Name	AMD Athlon II X4 605e	AMD Phenom X4 9350e
PassMark - Single thread mark	999	795
PassMark - CPU mark	1966	1590
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1433	1201
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	4113	3281
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X4 605e	AMD Phenom X4 9350e
Essentials
Architecture codename	Propus	Agena
Launch date	October 2009	July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$102
Place in performance rating	2151	2129
Price now	$101.80
Value for money (0-100)	7.96
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	2.3 GHz	2 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™)