Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) vs Duo L2500

Primary details

Comparing Core Duo L2500 and Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3146not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesCore Duono data
Power efficiency1.58no data
Architecture codenameYonah (2005−2006)Agena (2007−2008)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)October 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core Duo L2500 and Phenom X4 9950 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)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.83 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.83 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus rate667 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data512 KB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB L2 KB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data285 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data450 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier-+
VID voltage range0.7625-1.2125Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core Duo L2500 and Phenom X4 9950 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 configurationno data1
SocketPBGA479AM2+
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core Duo L2500 and Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core Duo L2500 and Phenom X4 9950 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 Core Duo L2500 and Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 125 Watt

Duo L2500 has 733.3% lower power consumption.

Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W), on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Core Duo L2500 and Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core Duo L2500 is a notebook processor while Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) is a desktop one.


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