Athlon 3000G vs Phenom X4 9600 BE

Primary details

Comparing Phenom X4 9600 BE and Athlon 3000G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1681
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data5.27
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Athlon
Power efficiencyno data7.63
Architecture codenameAgena (2007−2008)Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release dateDecember 2007 (17 years ago)7 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$49

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Phenom X4 9600 BE and Athlon 3000G 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speedno data3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data35
L1 cache128 KB (per core)192 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die size285 mm2209.78 mm2?
Number of transistors450 million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier++

Compatibility

Information on Phenom X4 9600 BE and Athlon 3000G 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)
SocketAM2+AM4
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom X4 9600 BE and Athlon 3000G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
PowerNow-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom X4 9600 BE and Athlon 3000G are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom X4 9600 BE and Athlon 3000G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB?
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom X4 9600 BE and Athlon 3000G.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data6

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 35 Watt

Phenom X4 9600 BE has 100% more physical cores.

Athlon 3000G, on the other hand, has a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 171.4% lower power consumption.

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