Phenom II X3 P820 vs FX-9800P
Aggregate performance score
FX-9800P outperforms Phenom II X3 P820 by a whopping 133% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2404 | 3042 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Bristol Ridge | 3x AMD Phenom II |
| Power efficiency | 10.01 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | no data |
| Architecture codename | Bristol Ridge (2016−2019) | Champlain (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 31 May 2016 (9 years ago) | 12 May 2010 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
FX-9800P and Phenom II X3 P820 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 3 (Tri-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 3 |
| Base clock speed | 2.7 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 3600 MHz |
| L1 cache | 320 KB | 384 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per module) | 1.5 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 250 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 3,100 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on FX-9800P and Phenom II X3 P820 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 | no data |
| Socket | FP4 | S1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 1.5 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-9800P and Phenom II X3 P820. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Virtualization, AMD64, Advanced Virus Protection, SSE(1,2,3,4a) |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| VirusProtect | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-9800P and Phenom II X3 P820 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-9800P and Phenom II X3 P820. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3, DDR4 | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) ( - 758 MHz) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-9800P and Phenom II X3 P820.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 8 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.40 | 0.60 |
| Recency | 31 May 2016 | 12 May 2010 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 3 |
| Threads | 4 | 3 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 1 Watt |
FX-9800P has a 133.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and a 60.7% more advanced lithography process.
Phenom II X3 P820, on the other hand, has 1400% lower power consumption.
The AMD FX-9800P is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Phenom II X3 P820 in performance tests.
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