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 the 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

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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

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