AMD Phenom X4 9850 (125W) vs AMD Athlon XP 2800+
Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom X4 9850 (125W) and AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 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 9850 (125W)
- CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
- Around 20% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 2.08 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
- 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Launch date | July 2008 vs January 2001 |
Number of cores | 4 vs 1 |
Maximum frequency | 2.5 GHz vs 2.08 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 512 KB |
Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 2800+
- Around 84% lower typical power consumption: 68 Watt vs 125 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 68 Watt vs 125 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Phenom X4 9850 (125W)
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 2800+
Name | AMD Phenom X4 9850 (125W) | AMD Athlon XP 2800+ |
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Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 305 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 995 | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 408 | |
PassMark - CPU mark | 260 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Phenom X4 9850 (125W) | AMD Athlon XP 2800+ | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Agena | Barton |
Launch date | July 2008 | January 2001 |
Place in performance rating | 3144 | 3135 |
Vertical segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Performance |
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64 bit support | ||
Die size | 285 mm | 101 mm |
L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 512 KB |
L3 cache | 2048 KB (shared) | |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 130 nm |
Maximum frequency | 2.5 GHz | 2.08 GHz |
Number of cores | 4 | 1 |
Transistor count | 450 million | 63 million |
Compatibility |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
Sockets supported | AM2+ | A |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 125 Watt | 68 Watt |
Virtualization |
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AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) |