AMD Phenom II X4 B93 vs AMD Athlon X2 5050e

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 B93 and AMD Athlon X2 5050e 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 B93

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1142 vs 917
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2159 vs 846
Specifications (specs)
Launch date October 2009 vs October 2008
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 256 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1142 vs 917
PassMark - CPU mark 2159 vs 846

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 5050e

  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 B93
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X2 5050e

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1142
917
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2159
846
Name AMD Phenom II X4 B93 AMD Athlon X2 5050e
PassMark - Single thread mark 1142 917
PassMark - CPU mark 2159 846
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1252
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2164

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X4 B93 AMD Athlon X2 5050e

Essentials

Architecture codename Deneb Brisbane
Launch date October 2009 October 2008
Place in performance rating 2101 2125
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 258 mm 126 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 256 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 512 KB
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz 2.6 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) 95 Watt 45 Watt