Athlon II X4 635 vs i7-9750HF

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-9750HF and Athlon II X4 635 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1028	2206
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	2.86
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	14.07	1.40
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake-HR (2019)	Propus (2009−2011)
Release date	23 April 2019 (5 years ago)	25 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$70

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Core i7-9750HF and Athlon II X4 635 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 cores	6 (Hexa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	12	4
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	2.9 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Die size	149 mm2	169 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	300 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-9750HF and Athlon II X4 635 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FCBGA1440	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-9750HF and Athlon II X4 635. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
My WiFi	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Core i7-9750HF and Athlon II X4 635 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-9750HF and Athlon II X4 635 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-9750HF and Athlon II X4 635. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133	DDR3
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	41.8 GB/s	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-9750HF and Athlon II X4 635.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	6.69	1.41
Recency	23 April 2019	25 January 2010
Physical cores	6	4
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	95 Watt

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