Ryzen 5 9600X vs Athlon XP-M 2000+

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon XP-M 2000+ and Ryzen 5 9600X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated312
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data51.93
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Athlon XP-Mno data
Power efficiencyno data27.60
Architecture codenameBarton (2001−2004)Granite Ridge (2024)
Release date17 June 2003 (21 year ago)8 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$134$279

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon XP-M 2000+ and Ryzen 5 9600X 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 cores1 (Single-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads112
Base clock speedno data3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed1.53 GHz5.4 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate266 MT/sno data
Multiplier11.5no data
L1 cache128 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography130 nm4 nm
Die size101 mm270.6 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors54 Million8,315 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon XP-M 2000+ and Ryzen 5 9600X 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
SocketAAM5
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon XP-M 2000+ and Ryzen 5 9600X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataSMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon XP-M 2000+ and Ryzen 5 9600X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon XP-M 2000+ and Ryzen 5 9600X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5
Maximum memory size4 GBno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon Graphics

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon XP-M 2000+ and Ryzen 5 9600X.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data24

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 June 2003 8 August 2024
Physical cores 1 6
Threads 1 12
Chip lithography 130 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt

Athlon XP-M 2000+ has 160% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 9600X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 21 year, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 3150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon XP-M 2000+ and Ryzen 5 9600X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon XP-M 2000+ is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 9600X is a desktop one.


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