AMD Phenom X4 9750 (95W) vs AMD Athlon XP 1500+

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom X4 9750 (95W) and AMD Athlon XP 1500+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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 9750 (95W)

AMD Athlon XP 1500+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9750 (95W)

CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
Around 80% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 1.33 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 180 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 October 2001
Number of cores	4 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz vs 1.33 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 180 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 1500+

Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom X4 9750 (95W)
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 1500+

Name	AMD Phenom X4 9750 (95W)	AMD Athlon XP 1500+
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	9.726
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.148
PassMark - Single thread mark		251
PassMark - CPU mark		167

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Phenom X4 9750 (95W)	AMD Athlon XP 1500+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Agena	Palomino
Launch date	March 2008	October 2001
Place in performance rating	3278	3271
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	285 mm	150 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	180 nm
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz	1.33 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+	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	60 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)