AMD Phenom II X3 715 BE vs AMD Phenom X4 9600 BE

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X3 715 BE and AMD Phenom X4 9600 BE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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).

AMD Phenom II X3 715 BE

AMD Phenom X4 9600 BE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 715 BE

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 22% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
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	October 2010 vs December 2007
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
L3 cache	6144 KB (shared) vs 2048 KB (shared)

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9600 BE

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	4 vs 3
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X3 715 BE
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9600 BE

Name	AMD Phenom II X3 715 BE	AMD Phenom X4 9600 BE
PassMark - Single thread mark	0
PassMark - CPU mark	2649
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.554
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		7.083
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.238
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2.772

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Phenom II X3 715 BE	AMD Phenom X4 9600 BE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Heka	Agena
Launch date	October 2010	December 2007
Place in performance rating	3319	3318
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	2.8 GHz	2.3 GHz
Number of cores	3	4
Transistor count	758 million	450 million
Unlocked
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM2+	AM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	95 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)