Phenom X4 9750 (125W) vs Athlon 64 FX-62

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 and Phenom X4 9750 (125W) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2782	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	Athlon 64 (Desktop)	no data
Power efficiency	0.47	no data
Architecture codename	Windsor (2006−2007)	Agena (2007−2008)
Release date	no data (2024 years ago)	March 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 and Phenom X4 9750 (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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	1000 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	90 nm	65 nm
Die size	220 mm2	285 mm2
Number of transistors	243 million	450 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 and Phenom X4 9750 (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 configuration	1	1
Socket	AM2	AM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	125 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 and Phenom X4 9750 (125W) are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 and Phenom X4 9750 (125W). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	90 nm	65 nm

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