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.

 

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 3145 3151
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™)