Phenom X4 9850 (95W) vs Turion II P520

Primary details

Comparing Turion II P520 and Phenom X4 9850 (95W) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2880not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Turion IIno data
Power efficiency1.93no data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Agena (2007−2008)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)October 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II P520 and Phenom X4 9850 (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
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB128 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data285 mm2
Number of transistorsno data450 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion II P520 and Phenom X4 9850 (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
SocketS1 (S1g4)AM2+
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P520 and Phenom X4 9850 (95W). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0no data
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P520 and Phenom X4 9850 (95W) are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P520 and Phenom X4 9850 (95W). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 95 Watt

Turion II P520 has a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 280% lower power consumption.

Phenom X4 9850 (95W), on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Turion II P520 and Phenom X4 9850 (95W). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Turion II P520 is a notebook processor while Phenom X4 9850 (95W) is a desktop one.


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