AMD Athlon II X4 620e vs AMD Phenom X4 9500

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 620e and AMD Phenom X4 9500 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon II X4 620e

AMD Phenom X4 9500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 620e

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 18% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
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

Launch date	May 2011 vs November 2007
Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 620e
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9500

Name	AMD Athlon II X4 620e	AMD Phenom X4 9500
PassMark - Single thread mark	0
PassMark - CPU mark	2906
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		203
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4.363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.03
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1.623

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X4 620e	AMD Phenom X4 9500
Essentials
Architecture codename	Propus	Agena
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date	May 2011	November 2007
OPN PIB	AD620EHDGMBOX
OPN Tray	AD620EHDK42GM
Place in performance rating	3316	3311
Series	AMD Athlon II X4
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.7 GHz
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	2.6 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4
Transistor count	300 million	450 million
Unlocked
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™)