AMD Phenom X4 9850 (125W) vs AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom X4 9850 (125W) and AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400 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, 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 9850 (125W)

  • CPU is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Launch date July 2008 vs October 2007
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 2.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 256 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400

  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 125 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom X4 9850 (125W)
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400

Name AMD Phenom X4 9850 (125W) AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 305
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 995
PassMark - Single thread mark 749
PassMark - CPU mark 674
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.084
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 0.708

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom X4 9850 (125W) AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400

Essentials

Architecture codename Agena Brisbane
Launch date July 2008 October 2007
Place in performance rating 3136 3140
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 285 mm 126 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 256 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 512 KB
L3 cache 2048 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 2.5 GHz 2.3 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Transistor count 450 million 154 million

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM2+ AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 45 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)