Phenom II X4 P940 vs Core 2 Quad Q9650

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q9650 and Phenom II X4 P940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2103not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno data4x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency1.55no data
Architecture codenameYorkfield (2007−2009)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release dateAugust 2008 (16 years ago)4 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q9650 and Phenom II X4 P940 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus rate1333 MHz3600 MHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)512 KB
L2 cache6 MB (per die)2 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size2x 107 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature71 °Cno data
Number of transistors820 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q9650 and Phenom II X4 P940 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 configuration1no data
SocketLGA775S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9650 and Phenom II X4 P940. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
VirusProtect-+
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 Quad Q9650 and Phenom II X4 P940 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 Quad Q9650 and Phenom II X4 P940 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q9650 and Phenom II X4 P940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 25 Watt

Phenom II X4 P940 has 280% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Quad Q9650 and Phenom II X4 P940. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Quad Q9650 is a desktop processor while Phenom II X4 P940 is a notebook one.


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