AMD Athlon II X4 620e vs AMD Phenom X4 9600 BE

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 620e and AMD Phenom X4 9600 BE 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, 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 9600 BE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 620e

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 13% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.3 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 December 2007
Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9600 BE

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking

Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 620e
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9600 BE

Name	AMD Athlon II X4 620e	AMD Phenom X4 9600 BE
PassMark - Single thread mark	0
PassMark - CPU mark	2906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.554
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		7.083
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.238
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2.772

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X4 620e	AMD Phenom X4 9600 BE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Propus	Agena
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date	May 2011	December 2007
OPN PIB	AD620EHDGMBOX
OPN Tray	AD620EHDK42GM
Place in performance rating	3316	3318
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	2.3 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™)