Opteron 4332 HE vs Phenom II X3 N850

Place in the ranking	2610	1747
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	3x AMD Phenom II	no data
Power efficiency	2.14	3.59
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Seoul (2012)
Release date	4 October 2010 (14 years ago)	4 December 2012 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X3 N850 and Opteron 4332 HE 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	3 (Tri-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	3	6
Base clock speed	no data	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	288 KB
L2 cache	1.5 MB	6144 KB
L3 cache	no data	8192 KB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	315 mm²
Number of transistors	no data	1,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 N850 and Opteron 4332 HE 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	2
Socket	S1 (S1g4)	C32
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 N850 and Opteron 4332 HE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-V	no data
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 N850 and Opteron 4332 HE are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 N850 and Opteron 4332 HE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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 II X3 N850 0.82

Opteron 4332 HE 2.56
+212%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Phenom II X3 N850 1253

Opteron 4332 HE 3911
+212%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.82	2.56
Recency	4 October 2010	4 December 2012
Physical cores	3	6
Threads	3	6
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Phenom II X3 N850 has 85.7% lower power consumption.

Opteron 4332 HE, on the other hand, has a 212.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

The Opteron 4332 HE is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X3 N850 in performance tests.

Be aware that Phenom II X3 N850 is a notebook processor while Opteron 4332 HE is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X3 N850 and Opteron 4332 HE, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.