AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition vs AMD Phenom X4 9500

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition and AMD Phenom X4 9500 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
  • 3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Launch date June 2009 vs November 2007
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared) vs 2048 KB (shared)

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9500

  • Around 10% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 2 GHz
  • Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 125 Watt
Maximum frequency 2.2 GHz vs 2 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9500

Name AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition AMD Phenom X4 9500
PassMark - Single thread mark 0
PassMark - CPU mark 3489
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 203
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4.363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.03
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.623

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II 42 TWKR Black Edition AMD Phenom X4 9500

Essentials

Architecture codename Deneb Agena
Launch date June 2009 November 2007
Place in performance rating 3314 3311
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 258 mm 285 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared) 2048 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 2 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Transistor count 758 million 450 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 95 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)