Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) vs Atom 330

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Primary details

Comparing Atom 330 and Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Atomno data
Power efficiencyno data1.21
Architecture codenameDiamondville (2008−2009)Deneb (2009−2011)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)7 November 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$43no data

Detailed specifications

Atom 330 and Phenom II X4 965 BE (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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.6 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate533.33 MT/sno data
Multiplier12no data
L1 cache112 KB128 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size51.9276 mm2258 mm2
Maximum core temperature85 °Cno data
Number of transistors94 Million758 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier-+
VID voltage range0.9V-1.1625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom 330 and Phenom II X4 965 BE (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
SocketPBGA437AM3
Power consumption (TDP)8 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 330 and Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Atom 330 and Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom 330 and Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom 330 and Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory size8 GBno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom 330 and Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W).

PCIe versionno data2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Atom 330 363
Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) 2544
+601%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2008 7 November 2009
Physical cores 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 8 Watt 125 Watt

Atom 330 has 1462.5% lower power consumption.

Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% more physical cores.

We couldn't decide between Atom 330 and Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom 330 is a notebook processor while Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) is a desktop one.


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