Phenom II X4 955 (95W) vs Core 2 Duo E7300

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E7300 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2796not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency0.87no data
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Deneb (2009−2011)
Release dateAugust 2008 (16 years ago)1 April 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E7300 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W) 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.66 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.67 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB128 KB (per core)
L2 cache3 MB (shared)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size107 mm2258 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors420 million758 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E7300 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W) 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
SocketLGA775AM3
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E7300 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E7300 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W) technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E7300 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W) are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E7300 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo E7300 and Phenom II X4 955 (95W).

PCIe versionno data2.0

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt

Core 2 Duo E7300 has 46.2% lower power consumption.

Phenom II X4 955 (95W), on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

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