i7-9850H vs Phenom X4 9850 (95W)

Primary details

Comparing Phenom X4 9850 (95W) and Core i7-9850H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1017
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Core i7
Power efficiencyno data14.62
Architecture codenameAgena (2007−2008)Coffee Lake-HR (2019)
Release dateOctober 2008 (16 years ago)23 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom X4 9850 (95W) and Core i7-9850H 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speedno data2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz4.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data26
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die size285 mm2149 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors450 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom X4 9850 (95W) and Core i7-9850H 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM2+FCBGA1440
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom X4 9850 (95W) and Core i7-9850H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPP-+

Security technologies

Phenom X4 9850 (95W) and Core i7-9850H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom X4 9850 (95W) and Core i7-9850H are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom X4 9850 (95W) and Core i7-9850H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.15 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Phenom X4 9850 (95W) and Core i7-9850H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Phenom X4 9850 (95W) and Core i7-9850H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Phenom X4 9850 (95W) and Core i7-9850H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom X4 9850 (95W) and Core i7-9850H.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 45 Watt

i7-9850H has 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 111.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Phenom X4 9850 (95W) and Core i7-9850H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom X4 9850 (95W) is a desktop processor while Core i7-9850H is a notebook one.


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