Athlon 64 FX-72 vs Phenom X4 9650

General info

Comparing Phenom X4 9650 and Athlon 64 FX-72 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2262	2241
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	4.72	4.28
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Agena (2007−2008)	Windsor (2006−2009)
Release date	March 2008 (16 years ago)	November 2006 (17 years ago)
Current price	$34	$28

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Phenom X4 9650 has 10% better value for money than Athlon 64 FX-72.

Technical specs

Phenom X4 9650 and Athlon 64 FX-72 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.8 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	90 nm
Die size	285 mm2	235 mm2
Number of transistors	450 million	227 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Phenom X4 9650 and Athlon 64 FX-72 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	AM2+	F
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	125 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom X4 9650 and Athlon 64 FX-72 are enumerated here.

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom X4 9650 and Athlon 64 FX-72. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR1

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.

Athlon 64 FX-72 outperforms Phenom X4 9650 by 5% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	1.11	1.16
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	65 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	125 Watt

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