AMD Phenom II X4 B97 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ EE

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 B97 and AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ EE 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 B97

• CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• Around 45% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
• 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
• Around 73% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1321 vs 763
• 3.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2535 vs 671

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ EE

• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
• 2.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1044 vs 430
• Around 20% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1731 vs 1447

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 B97
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ EE

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1321 763
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2535 671
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	430 1044
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1447 1731

Compare specifications (specs)