i3-9100F vs Phenom II X4 970 BE

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 970 BE and Core i3-9100F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1384
Place by popularitynot in top-10037
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data10.25
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Core i3
Power efficiencyno data6.17
Architecture codenameDeneb (2009−2011)Coffee Lake-R (2018−2019)
Release date21 September 2010 (14 years ago)23 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$122

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 970 BE and Core i3-9100F 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)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.5 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data36
L1 cache128 KB (per core)256 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache6 MB (shared)6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size258 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors758 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 970 BE and Core i3-9100F 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)
SocketAM3FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 970 BE and Core i3-9100F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Phenom II X4 970 BE and Core i3-9100F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 970 BE and Core i3-9100F are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 970 BE and Core i3-9100F. 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-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 970 BE and Core i3-9100F.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 September 2010 23 April 2019
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 65 Watt

i3-9100F has an age advantage of 8 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 92.3% lower power consumption.

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