AMD Phenom X4 9650 vs AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom X4 9650 and AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9650

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • 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
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 85% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 904 vs 489
  • 4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1713 vs 430
Specifications (specs)
Launch date March 2008 vs October 2007
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 904 vs 489
PassMark - CPU mark 1713 vs 430

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640

  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom X4 9650
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
904
489
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1713
430
Name AMD Phenom X4 9650 AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640
PassMark - Single thread mark 904 489
PassMark - CPU mark 1713 430
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 283
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 990
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 8.403

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom X4 9650 AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640

Essentials

Architecture codename Agena Windsor
Launch date March 2008 October 2007
Place in performance rating 3047 3008
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 285 mm 230 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 1024 KB
L3 cache 2048 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 2.3 GHz 2.6 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Transistor count 450 million 227 million

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM2+ AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 45 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)