AMD Phenom X4 9600B vs AMD Athlon XP 2700+

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom X4 9600B and AMD Athlon XP 2700+ 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, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Phenom X4 9600B

AMD Athlon XP 2700+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9600B

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
Around 6% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 2.17 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	April 2008 vs October 2002
Number of cores	4 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.3 GHz vs 2.17 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 2700+

Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 68 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	68 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom X4 9600B
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 2700+

Name	AMD Phenom X4 9600B	AMD Athlon XP 2700+
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	297
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1008
PassMark - Single thread mark		398
PassMark - CPU mark		256

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Phenom X4 9600B	AMD Athlon XP 2700+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Agena	Thoroughbred
Launch date	April 2008	October 2002
Place in performance rating	3144	3150
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$85
Price now		$84.79
Value for money (0-100)		1.36
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	2.3 GHz	2.17 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	68 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)