Core 2 Solo U2100 vs Phenom X4 9650

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Primary details

Comparing Phenom X4 9650 and Core 2 Solo U2100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2299not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.72no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataCore 2 Solo
Architecture codenameAgena (2007−2008)Merom-L (2007)
Release dateMarch 2008 (16 years ago)no data
Current price$23 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Phenom X4 9650 and Core 2 Solo U2100 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Base clock speedno data1.06 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz1.06 GHz
Bus supportno data533 MHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache512 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache2 MB (shared)1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die size285 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors450 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage rangeno data0.8V-1V

Compatibility

Information on Phenom X4 9650 and Core 2 Solo U2100 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 configuration1no data
SocketAM2+no data
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt5.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom X4 9650 and Core 2 Solo U2100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Phenom X4 9650 and Core 2 Solo U2100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom X4 9650 and Core 2 Solo U2100 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-xno 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.


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%

Phenom X4 9650 1713
+635%
Core 2 Solo U2100 233

Phenom X4 9650 outperforms Core 2 Solo U2100 by 635% in Passmark.

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 5 Watt

We couldn't decide between Phenom X4 9650 and Core 2 Solo U2100. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom X4 9650 is a desktop processor while Core 2 Solo U2100 is a notebook one.


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