AMD Phenom X4 9850 (125W) vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM2+ AMD Socket AM4
Process size 65 nm 7 nm
Transistors 450 million 3,800 million
Die size 285 mm² 74 mm²
Package µPGA µOPGA-1331
Foundry TSMC
tCaseMax 95°C

Performance

Frequency 2.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4.2 GHz
Base clock 200 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12.5x 36.0x
Multiplier unlocked No Yes
Voltage 1.3 V
TDP 125 W 65 W
FP32 1,209.6 GFLOPS

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life Active
Release date Jul 1st, 2008 Jul 7th, 2019
Codename Agena Matisse
Generation Phenom X4 Ryzen 5
Part HD9850XAJ4BGH 100-000000031
Memory support unknown Dual-channel DDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 4

Cores

Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 4 12
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 512K (per core)
Cache L3 2MB (shared) 32MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AES Yes
AMD-V Yes Yes
AMD64 Yes Yes
AVX Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
CnQ Yes
EVP Yes
F16C Yes
FMA3 Yes
HT3.0 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
Precision Boost 2 Yes
SHA Yes
SMAP Yes
SMEP Yes
SMT Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked base clock multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

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