Phenom X4 9500 vs Phenom II X2 N620

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X2 N620 and Phenom X4 9500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2477	2373
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	5.34
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	2x AMD Phenom II	no data
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Agena (2007−2008)
Release date	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)	November 2007 (16 years ago)
Current price	no data	$26

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X2 N620 and Phenom X4 9500 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	2.2 GHz
Bus support	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	no data	285 mm2
Number of transistors	no data	450 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X2 N620 and Phenom X4 9500 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	no data	1
Socket	S1	AM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X2 N620 and Phenom X4 9500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR3 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Vurtualization	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X2 N620 and Phenom X4 9500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X2 N620 and Phenom X4 9500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Phenom X4 9500 outperforms Phenom II X2 N620 by 19% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.84	1.00
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

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