Ryzen 7 3700U vs Phenom II X4 965 BE (140W)

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 965 BE (140W) and Ryzen 7 3700U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1304
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 7
Power efficiencyno data28.39
Architecture codenameDeneb (2009−2011)Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date13 August 2009 (15 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 965 BE (140W) and Ryzen 7 3700U 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed3.4 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache128 KB (per core)384 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache6 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm12 nm
Die size258 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors758 million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 965 BE (140W) and Ryzen 7 3700U 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)
SocketAM3FP5
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 965 BE (140W) and Ryzen 7 3700U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 965 BE (140W) and Ryzen 7 3700U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 965 BE (140W) and Ryzen 7 3700U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)AMD Radeon RX Vega 10

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 965 BE (140W) and Ryzen 7 3700U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 August 2009 6 January 2019
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 45 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 7 3700U has an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more threads, a 275% more advanced lithography process, and 833.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 965 BE (140W) and Ryzen 7 3700U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom II X4 965 BE (140W) is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 3700U is a notebook one.


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