AMD Athlon II X4 635 vs AMD Athlon XP 2200+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 635 and AMD Athlon XP 2200+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 635

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 61% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 130 nm
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 3.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1168 vs 335
  • 10.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2241 vs 214
Specifications (specs)
Launch date January 2010 vs September 2003
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 256 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1168 vs 335
PassMark - CPU mark 2241 vs 214

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 2200+

  • Around 51% lower typical power consumption: 63 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 63 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 635
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 2200+

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1168
335
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2241
214
Name AMD Athlon II X4 635 AMD Athlon XP 2200+
PassMark - Single thread mark 1168 335
PassMark - CPU mark 2241 214
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 357
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1130
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 13.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.211

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X4 635 AMD Athlon XP 2200+

Essentials

Architecture codename Propus Thorton
Launch date January 2010 September 2003
Launch price (MSRP) $70 $85
Place in performance rating 2847 3225
Price now $69.95 $84.95
Value for money (0-100) 13.66 1.14
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 169 mm 80 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 256 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 130 nm
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz 1.8 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Transistor count 300 million 63 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 A
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 63 Watt