Phenom II X4 945 (95W) vs Phenom II X3 N830

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X3 N830 and Phenom II X4 945 (95W) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2697not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series3x AMD Phenom IIno data
Power efficiency1.88no data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Deneb (2009−2011)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)22 July 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X3 N830 and Phenom II X4 945 (95W) 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 cores3 (Tri-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads34
Base clock speedno data3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz3 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data258 mm2
Number of transistorsno data758 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 N830 and Phenom II X4 945 (95W) 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1AM3
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Phenom II X4 945 (95W). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-Vno data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Phenom II X4 945 (95W) are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Phenom II X4 945 (95W). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

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 Phenom II X3 N830 and Phenom II X4 945 (95W).

PCIe versionno data2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 May 2010 22 July 2009
Physical cores 3 4
Threads 3 4
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 95 Watt

Phenom II X3 N830 has an age advantage of 9 months, and 171.4% lower power consumption.

Phenom II X4 945 (95W), on the other hand, has 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X3 N830 and Phenom II X4 945 (95W). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Phenom II X3 N830 is a notebook processor while Phenom II X4 945 (95W) is a desktop one.


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