AMD Athlon II X4 630 vs AMD Phenom X4 9850B

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 630 and AMD Phenom X4 9850B 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon II X4 630

AMD Phenom X4 9850B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 630

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 12% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1130 vs 992
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2168 vs 1946

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	September 2009 vs August 2008
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1130 vs 992
PassMark - CPU mark	2168 vs 1946

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 630
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9850B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1130

992

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2168

1946

Name	AMD Athlon II X4 630	AMD Phenom X4 9850B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1130	992
PassMark - CPU mark	2168	1946
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	347
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.166
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	3.684

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X4 630	AMD Phenom X4 9850B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Propus	Agena
Launch date	September 2009	August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$63
Place in performance rating	2975	2282
Price now	$42.99
Value for money (0-100)	21.49
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	2.8 GHz	2.5 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)	95 Watt	95 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)