Phenom II X4 945 (95W) vs Turion II N550

Primary details

Comparing Turion II N550 and Phenom II X4 945 (95W) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2830not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Turion IIno data
Power efficiency1.49no data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Deneb (2009−2011)
Release date4 October 2010 (14 years ago)22 July 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II N550 and Phenom II X4 945 (95W) 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache265 KB128 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data258 mm2
Number of transistorsno data758 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion II N550 and Phenom II X4 945 (95W) 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1AM3
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II N550 and Phenom II X4 945 (95W). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow!, SSE(1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0no data
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II N550 and Phenom II X4 945 (95W) are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II N550 and Phenom II X4 945 (95W). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II N550 and Phenom II X4 945 (95W).

PCIe versionno data2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 October 2010 22 July 2009
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 95 Watt

Turion II N550 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 171.4% lower power consumption.

Phenom II X4 945 (95W), on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Turion II N550 and Phenom II X4 945 (95W). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Turion II N550 is a notebook processor while Phenom II X4 945 (95W) is a desktop one.


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