Phenom II X4 945 (125W) vs Ryzen 7 2700U

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 2700U and Phenom II X4 945 (125W) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1375not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7no data
Power efficiency27.00no data
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge (2017−2018)Deneb (2009−2011)
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)23 April 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 2700U and Phenom II X4 945 (125W) 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)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.2 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz3 GHz
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache384 KB128 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Die size209.78 mm2258 mm2
Number of transistors4950 Million758 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 2700U and Phenom II X4 945 (125W) 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFP5AM3
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 2700U and Phenom II X4 945 (125W). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 2700U and Phenom II X4 945 (125W) are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 2700U and Phenom II X4 945 (125W). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR3
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 10 ( - 1300 MHz)On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 2700U and Phenom II X4 945 (125W).

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes12no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 October 2017 23 April 2009
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 125 Watt

Ryzen 7 2700U has an age advantage of 8 years, 100% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 733.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 2700U and Phenom II X4 945 (125W). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 7 2700U is a notebook processor while Phenom II X4 945 (125W) is a desktop one.


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