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+
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+

Essentials

Architecture codename Agena Barton
Launch date July 2008 January 2001
Place in performance rating 3144 3135
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

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

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM2+ A
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 68 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)