Athlon 64 X2 5600+ vs Phenom X4 9600

Place in performance ranking	2348	2703
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.66	3.73
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Agena (2007−2008)	Windsor (2006−2009)
Release date	November 2007 (16 years ago)	December 2006 (17 years ago)
Current price	$25	$58

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon 64 X2 5600+ has 40% better value for money than Phenom X4 9600.

Detailed specifications

Phenom X4 9600 and Athlon 64 X2 5600+ basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.9 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	512K
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	90 nm
Die size	285 mm²	220 mm²
Number of transistors	450 million	227 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Phenom X4 9600 and Athlon 64 X2 5600+ compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	AM2+	AM2
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	89 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom X4 9600 and Athlon 64 X2 5600+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Phenom X4 9600 1.03
+74.6%

Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 0.59

Phenom X4 9600 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 5600+ by 75% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Phenom X4 9600 1597
+76.1%

Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 907

Phenom X4 9600 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 5600+ by 76% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Phenom X4 9600 209

Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 278
+33%

Athlon 64 X2 5600+ outperforms Phenom X4 9600 by 33% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Phenom X4 9600 696
+35.9%

Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 512

Phenom X4 9600 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 5600+ by 36% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.