Xeon w7-3455 vs Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W)

Primary details

Comparing Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) and Xeon w7-3455 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated92
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data41.73
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiencyno data12.88
Architecture codenameAgena (2007−2008)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release dateOctober 2008 (16 years ago)15 February 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,489

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) and Xeon w7-3455 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads448
Base clock speedno data2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz4.8 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)67.5 MB
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size285 mm24x 477 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors450 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) and Xeon w7-3455 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+FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) and Xeon w7-3455. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) and Xeon w7-3455 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) and Xeon w7-3455 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 X4 9950 BE (125W) and Xeon w7-3455. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) and Xeon w7-3455.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data112

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 24
Threads 4 48
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 270 Watt

Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) has 116% lower power consumption.

Xeon w7-3455, on the other hand, has 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) and Xeon w7-3455. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) is a desktop processor while Xeon w7-3455 is a server/workstation one.


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