Phenom II X2 N660 vs PRO A12-9830B
Primary details
Comparing PRO A12-9830B and Phenom II X2 N660 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Series | AMD Bristol Ridge | 2x AMD Phenom II |
Architecture codename | Bristol Ridge (2016−2019) | Champlain (2010−2011) |
Release date | 1 June 2016 (8 years ago) | 1 January 2011 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
PRO A12-9830B and Phenom II X2 N660 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
Threads | 4 | 2 |
Base clock speed | 3 GHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 3 GHz |
Bus rate | no data | 3600 MHz |
L1 cache | no data | 256 KB |
L2 cache | 2048 KB | 2 MB |
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 45 nm |
Die size | 250 mm2 | no data |
Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
Number of transistors | 3100 Million | no data |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on PRO A12-9830B and Phenom II X2 N660 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.
Socket | FP4 | S1 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 25-45 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A12-9830B and Phenom II X2 N660. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | no data | HyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Vurtualization |
AES-NI | + | - |
FMA | FMA4 | - |
AVX | AVX | - |
FRTC | + | - |
FreeSync | + | - |
PowerTune | + | - |
TrueAudio | + | - |
PowerNow | + | - |
PowerGating | + | - |
Out-of-band client management | + | - |
VirusProtect | + | + |
RAID | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by PRO A12-9830B and Phenom II X2 N660 are enumerated here.
AMD-V | + | - |
IOMMU 2.0 | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A12-9830B and Phenom II X2 N660. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3, DDR4 | DDR3 |
Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon R7 Graphics | no data |
iGPU core count | 8 | no data |
Enduro | + | - |
Switchable graphics | + | - |
UVD | + | - |
VCE | + | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of PRO A12-9830B and Phenom II X2 N660 integrated GPUs.
DisplayPort | + | - |
HDMI | + | - |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by PRO A12-9830B and Phenom II X2 N660 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
DirectX | DirectX® 12 | no data |
Vulkan | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A12-9830B and Phenom II X2 N660.
PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
PCI Express lanes | 8 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 1 June 2016 | 1 January 2011 |
Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
Threads | 4 | 2 |
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 45 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 35 Watt |
PRO A12-9830B has an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 60.7% more advanced lithography process, and 40% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between PRO A12-9830B and Phenom II X2 N660. We've got no test results to judge.
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