Athlon II X2 215 vs Phenom X4 9600

Primary details

Comparing Phenom X4 9600 and Athlon II X2 215 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2445	2778
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	8.66
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.01	0.90
Architecture codename	Agena (2007−2008)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	November 2007 (17 years ago)	20 October 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$45

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Phenom X4 9600 and Athlon II X2 215 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
Base clock speed	no data	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.7 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Die size	285 mm2	117 mm2
Number of transistors	450 million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom X4 9600 and Athlon II X2 215 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+	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	65 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom X4 9600 and Athlon II X2 215 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom X4 9600 and Athlon II X2 215. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom X4 9600 and Athlon II X2 215.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.05	0.64
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	65 Watt

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