Phenom II X4 945 (125W) vs Pentium SU4100

Primary details

Comparing Pentium SU4100 and Phenom II X4 945 (125W) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Deneb (2009−2011)
Release date	1 September 2009 (15 years ago)	23 April 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium SU4100 and Phenom II X4 945 (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
Base clock speed	1.3 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.3 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	107 mm2	258 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	410 million	758 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium SU4100 and Phenom II X4 945 (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	BGA956	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium SU4100 and Phenom II X4 945 (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
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Pentium SU4100 and Phenom II X4 945 (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 Pentium SU4100 and Phenom II X4 945 (125W) are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium SU4100 and Phenom II X4 945 (125W). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium SU4100 and Phenom II X4 945 (125W).

PCIe version

no data

2.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 September 2009	23 April 2009
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	125 Watt

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