i7-9700KF vs Athlon X2 BE-2400

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 BE-2400 and Core i7-9700KF processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated852
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data7.57
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Core i7
Power efficiencyno data8.94
Architecture codenameBrisbane (2007−2008)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release dateOctober 2007 (17 years ago)7 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$374

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 BE-2400 and Core i7-9700KF 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 cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speedno data3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data36
L1 cache256 KB512 KB
L2 cache512 KB2 MB
L3 cache0 KB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die size126 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors154 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 BE-2400 and Core i7-9700KF 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM2FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 BE-2400 and Core i7-9700KF. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+

Security technologies

Athlon X2 BE-2400 and Core i7-9700KF technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 BE-2400 and Core i7-9700KF are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 BE-2400 and Core i7-9700KF. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 BE-2400 and Core i7-9700KF.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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.

Athlon X2 BE-2400 674
i7-9700KF 14254
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Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 8
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 95 Watt

Athlon X2 BE-2400 has 111.1% lower power consumption.

i7-9700KF, on the other hand, has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X2 BE-2400 and Core i7-9700KF. We've got no test results to judge.


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