Celeron B730 vs Phenom II X4 955 BE

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 955 BE and Celeron B730 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron
Architecture codenameDeneb (2009−2011)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date23 April 2009 (15 years ago)1 July 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$70

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 955 BE and Celeron B730 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads42
Base clock speed3.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz1.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rateno data4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data18
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)1.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size258 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors758 million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 955 BE and Celeron B730 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM3G2 (988B)
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 955 BE and Celeron B730. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Phenom II X4 955 BE and Celeron B730 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 955 BE and Celeron B730 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 955 BE and Celeron B730. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 955 BE and Celeron B730.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 April 2009 1 July 2012
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 35 Watt

Phenom II X4 955 BE has 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Celeron B730, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 257.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 955 BE and Celeron B730. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom II X4 955 BE is a desktop processor while Celeron B730 is a notebook one.


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