AMD Phenom X4 9550 vs AMD Athlon XP 1700+

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom X4 9550 and AMD Athlon XP 1700+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Phenom X4 9550

AMD Athlon XP 1700+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9550

CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
Around 50% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 1.47 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 130 nm
4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Launch date	March 2008 vs January 2001
Number of cores	4 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz vs 1.47 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 256 KB

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 1700+

Around 90% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom X4 9550
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 1700+

Name	AMD Phenom X4 9550	AMD Athlon XP 1700+
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	286
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	808
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6.175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.146
PassMark - Single thread mark		272
PassMark - CPU mark		176

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Phenom X4 9550	AMD Athlon XP 1700+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Agena	Thoroughbred
Launch date	March 2008	January 2001
Place in performance rating	3254	3257
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	285 mm	80 mm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	256 KB
L3 cache	2048 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz	1.47 GHz
Number of cores	4	1
Transistor count	450 million	37 million
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM2+	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	50 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)