AMD Athlon II X4 641 vs AMD Phenom X4 9450e

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 641 and AMD Phenom X4 9450e 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 641

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1189 vs 841
  • Around 59% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2313 vs 1455
Specifications (specs)
Launch date February 2012 vs October 2008
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 65 nm
L2 cache 4 MB vs 512 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1189 vs 841
PassMark - CPU mark 2313 vs 1455

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9450e

  • Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 100 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 641
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9450e

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1189
841
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2313
1455
Name AMD Athlon II X4 641 AMD Phenom X4 9450e
PassMark - Single thread mark 1189 841
PassMark - CPU mark 2313 1455
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 369
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1247

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X4 641 AMD Phenom X4 9450e

Essentials

Architecture codename Llano Agena
Family AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date February 2012 October 2008
OPN PIB AD641XWNGXBOX
OPN Tray AD641XWNZ43GX
Place in performance rating 2475 2481
Price now $91.50
Series AMD Athlon II X4
Value for money (0-100) 10.77
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.8 GHz
Die size 228 mm 285 mm
L1 cache 512 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 65 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.10°C
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz 2.1 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 1178 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 FM1 uPGA AM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 65 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)