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AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE

vs

AMD Athlon X4 950

CPU Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE and AMD Athlon X4 950 processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

AMD Athlon X4 950

Higher Technology: 28 nm (45 nm vs 28 nm)
Newer PCI Express Version: Gen 3, 8 Lanes (CPU only) (Gen 2 vs Gen 3, 8 Lanes (CPU only))
Higher Memory Type: DDR4 (DDR3 vs DDR4)
Newer Launch Date: July 2017 (January 2011 vs July 2017)

Basic

AMD

Label Name

AMD

January 2011

Launch Date

July 2017

Desktop

Platform

Desktop

Phenom II X4 975 BE

Model Name

Athlon X4 950

Deneb

Code Name

Bristol Ridge

Phenom II X4 (Deneb)

Generation

Athlon (Bristol Ridge)

CPU Specifications

Total Cores

Cores is a hardware term that describes the number of independent central processing units in a single computing component (die or chip).

Total Threads

3.6 GHz

Basic Frequency

3.5 GHz

Max Turbo Frequency

up to 3.8 GHz

128 KB (per core)

L1 Cache

320 KB

512 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

2 MB

6 MB (shared)

L3 Cache

2000 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

AMD Socket AM3

CPU Socket

The socket is the component that provides the mechanical and electrical connections between the processor and motherboard.

AMD Socket AM4

18.0x

Multiplier

35.0x

Yes

Multiplier Unlocked

45 nm

Technology

Lithography refers to the semiconductor technology used to manufacture an integrated circuit, and is reported in nanometer (nm), indicative of the size of features built on the semiconductor.

28 nm

125 W

TDP

65 W

Max. Operating Temperature

Junction Temperature is the maximum temperature allowed at the processor die.

90°C

Gen 2

PCI Express Version

PCI Express Revision is the supported version of the PCI Express standard. Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (or PCIe) is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard for attaching hardware devices to a computer. The different PCI Express versions support different data rates.

Gen 3, 8 Lanes (CPU only)

758 million

Transistor Count

3,100 million

Memory Specifications

DDR3

Memory Type

DDR4

Dual-channel

Memory Channels

The number of memory channels refers to the bandwidth operation for real world application.

Dual-channel

Yes

ECC Memory Support

ECC Memory Supported indicates processor support for Error-Correcting Code memory. ECC memory is a type of system memory that can detect and correct common kinds of internal data corruption. Note that ECC memory support requires both processor and chipset support.

GPU Specifications

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Integrated Graphics Model

An integrated GPU refers to the graphics core that is integrated into the CPU processor. Leveraging the processor's powerful computational capabilities and intelligent power efficiency management, it delivers outstanding graphics performance and a smooth application experience at a lower power consumption.