AMD Phenom II X4 N950: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides poor benchmark performance at 1.61% of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
AMD started Phenom II X4 N950 sales 4 October 2010. This is a Champlain architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2100 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is S1 processor with a TDP of 35 Watt.
General info
Phenom II X4 N950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 1964 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | 4x AMD Phenom II | |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | |
| Release date | 4 October 2010 (13 years old) |
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Boost clock speed | 2.1 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus support | 3600 MHz | |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X4 N950 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.
| Socket | S1 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Phenom II X4 N950. Overall benchmark performance 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.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Benchmark coverage: 20%
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Phenom II X4 N950 is Core i5-4300U, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
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These are the fastest graphics cards for Phenom II X4 N950 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 105 configurations based on Phenom II X4 N950 in our database.
