Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Phenom II X2 P650

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X2 P650 and Ryzen 9 7940HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	307
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	2x AMD Phenom II	no data
Power efficiency	no data	51.62
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Phoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date	19 October 2010 (14 years ago)	January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X2 P650 and Ryzen 9 7940HS 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	16
Base clock speed	no data	4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	5.2 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	4 nm
Die size	no data	178 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	no data	25,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X2 P650 and Ryzen 9 7940HS 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	FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X2 P650 and Ryzen 9 7940HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Vurtualization	Ryzen AI, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
VirusProtect	+	-
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X2 P650 and Ryzen 9 7940HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V

-

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X2 P650 and Ryzen 9 7940HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2800 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X2 P650 and Ryzen 9 7940HS.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	16
Chip lithography	45 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

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