Phenom II X2 N660 vs PRO A12-9830B

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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 rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Bristol Ridge2x AMD Phenom II
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date1 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed3 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache2048 KB2 MB
Chip lithography28 nm45 nm
Die size250 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors3100 Millionno 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.

SocketFP4S1
Power consumption (TDP)25-45 Watt35 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 extensionsno dataHyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Vurtualization
AES-NI+-
FMAFMA4-
AVXAVX-
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 typesDDR3, DDR4DDR3
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R7 Graphicsno data
iGPU core count8no 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.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A12-9830B and Phenom II X2 N660.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes8no 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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