Intel Core 2 Duo E7600 vs AMD Phenom X4 9650

Comparative analysis of Intel Core 2 Duo E7600 and AMD Phenom X4 9650 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo E7600

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• Around 33% higher clock speed: 3.07 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
• Around 40% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1263 vs 904
• Around 41% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 400 vs 283
• 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 18.756 vs 8.403

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9650

• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 47% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1713 vs 1165
• Around 41% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 990 vs 702
• 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 0.833 vs 0.333

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core 2 Duo E7600
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9650

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1263 904
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1165 1713
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	400 283
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	702 990
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	CPU 1 CPU 2	0.333 0.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	CPU 1 CPU 2	18.756 8.403

Compare specifications (specs)