Ryzen 5 4600H vs Phenom X4 9950 BE (140W)

Primary details

Comparing Phenom X4 9950 BE (140W) and Ryzen 5 4600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated847
Place by popularitynot in top-10064
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiencyno data19.00
Architecture codenameAgena (2007−2008)Renoir-H (Zen 2) (2020)
Release dateMarch 2008 (16 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom X4 9950 BE (140W) and Ryzen 5 4600H 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 data3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz4 GHz
Multiplierno data30
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm7 nm
Die size285 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors450 million9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom X4 9950 BE (140W) and Ryzen 5 4600H 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
SocketAM2+FP6
Power consumption (TDP)140 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom X4 9950 BE (140W) and Ryzen 5 4600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom X4 9950 BE (140W) and Ryzen 5 4600H are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom X4 9950 BE (140W) and Ryzen 5 4600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Maximum memory bandwidthno data68.27 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom X4 9950 BE (140W) and Ryzen 5 4600H.

PCIe versionno data3.0

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 65 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 140 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 5 4600H has 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 211.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Phenom X4 9950 BE (140W) and Ryzen 5 4600H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom X4 9950 BE (140W) is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 4600H is a notebook one.


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