AMD Phenom X4 9600B vs AMD Sempron 2500+

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom X4 9600B and AMD Sempron 2500+ 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 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 64% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 90 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 July 2005
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.3 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 256 KB

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 2500+

  • Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 62 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 62 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom X4 9600B
CPU 2: AMD Sempron 2500+

Name AMD Phenom X4 9600B AMD Sempron 2500+
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 297
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1008
PassMark - Single thread mark 405
PassMark - CPU mark 207

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom X4 9600B AMD Sempron 2500+

Essentials

Architecture codename Agena Palermo
Launch date April 2008 July 2005
Place in performance rating 3145 3148
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $80
Price now $79.95
Value for money (0-100) 1.24

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 285 mm 84 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 90 nm
Maximum frequency 2.3 GHz 1.4 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Transistor count 450 million 63 million

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM2+ 754
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 62 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)