Phenom X4 9500 vs Pentium E5800

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5800 and Phenom X4 9500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2669	2476
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.38	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.07	0.97
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	Agena (2007−2008)
Release date	28 November 2010 (13 years ago)	November 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$68	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E5800 and Phenom X4 9500 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	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.2 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	82 mm2	285 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	228 million	450 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5800 and Phenom X4 9500 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	LGA775	AM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5800 and Phenom X4 9500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium E5800 and Phenom X4 9500 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 Pentium E5800 and Phenom X4 9500 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 Pentium E5800 and Phenom X4 9500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5800 and Phenom X4 9500.

PCIe version

2.0

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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	0.75	0.99
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	95 Watt

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