AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition and AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Launch date	June 2009 vs May 2006
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 256 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+

Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 125 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	89 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+

Name	AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+
PassMark - Single thread mark	0
PassMark - CPU mark	3489
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		195
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		356
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.912
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1.694
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.054
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		0.981

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Deneb	Windsor
Launch date	June 2009	May 2006
Place in performance rating	3314	3312
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	258 mm	220 mm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	1024 KB
L3 cache	6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	90 nm
Maximum frequency	2 GHz	2 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Transistor count	758 million	154 million
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	89 Watt