Ryzen 9 6980HS vs Phenom X4 9600

Primary details

Comparing Phenom X4 9600 and Ryzen 9 6980HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2448not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiency1.01no data
Architecture codenameAgena (2007−2008)Rembrandt-HS (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release dateNovember 2007 (17 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom X4 9600 and Ryzen 9 6980HS 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads416
Base clock speedno data3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz5 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm6 nm
Die size285 mm2208 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistors450 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom X4 9600 and Ryzen 9 6980HS 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
SocketAM2+FP7
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom X4 9600 and Ryzen 9 6980HS. 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-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom X4 9600 and Ryzen 9 6980HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom X4 9600 and Ryzen 9 6980HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 680M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom X4 9600 and Ryzen 9 6980HS.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Chip lithography 65 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 9 6980HS has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 983.3% more advanced lithography process, and 111.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Phenom X4 9600 and Ryzen 9 6980HS. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom X4 9600 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 9 6980HS is a notebook one.


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