Phenom II X4 955 (125W) vs Pentium III 1400S

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium III 1400S and Phenom II X4 955 (125W) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3360not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency0.35no data
Architecture codenameTualatin (2000−2002)Deneb (2009−2011)
Release dateJanuary 2002 (22 years ago)1 April 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium III 1400S and Phenom II X4 955 (125W) 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 cores1 (Single-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads14
Base clock speedno data3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.4 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache8 KB128 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography130 nm45 nm
Die size80 mm2258 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)69 °Cno data
Number of transistors44 million758 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium III 1400S and Phenom II X4 955 (125W) 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 configuration11
Socket370AM3
Power consumption (TDP)32 Watt125 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium III 1400S and Phenom II X4 955 (125W) are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium III 1400S and Phenom II X4 955 (125W). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium III 1400S and Phenom II X4 955 (125W).

PCIe versionno data2.0

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 4
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 130 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 32 Watt 125 Watt

Pentium III 1400S has 290.6% lower power consumption.

Phenom II X4 955 (125W), on the other hand, has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 188.9% more advanced lithography process.

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