AMD Phenom II X4 980

The AMD Phenom II X4 980 operates with:

CPU Cores 4.

CPU Threads: 4.

Performance-enhancing, system-enhancing technology that works faster and saves battery with:

Turbo: No turbo base No turbo all cores.

TDP: 125 W.

The processor is attached to:

CPU socket: AM3.

This version includes

6.00 MB of L3 cache on one chip

Supports 2 memory channels to support DDR2-1066 RAM and features PCIe Gen lanes.

Tjunction keeps below -- degrees C.

In particular, Deneb (K10) Architecture is enhanced with:

Technology: 45 nm

Virtualization AMD-V.

The product was released on Q2/2011.

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CPU generation and family

Name:

AMD Phenom II X4 980

Family:

AMD Phenom II

CPU group:

AMD Phenom II - 800/900

Predecessor:

Segment:

Desktop / Server

Generation:

Successor:

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Frequency:

3.70 GHz

Turbo (1 Core):

No turbo

Turbo (64 Cores)::

Hyperthreading:

Core architecture:

normal

CPU Cores:

CPU Threads:

Overclocking:

Yes

Memory & PCIe

Memory type:

DDR2-1066

PCIe version:

Memory channels:

PCIe version:

PCIe lanes:

Encryption

AES-NI:

Internal Graphics

Memory type:

DDR2-1066

GPU name:

no iGPU

GPU frequency:

GPU (Turbo):

No turbo

Generation:

DirectX Version:

Execution units:

Shader:

Max memory:

Max. displays:

Technology:

45 nm

Release date:

Technical details

Instruction set (ISA):

x86-64 (64 bit)

Architecture:

Deneb (K10)

L2-Cache:

Virtualization:

AMD-V

L3-Cache:

6.00 MB

Release date:

Q2/2011

Socket:

AM3

Thermal Management

TDP (PL1):

125 W

TDP (PL2):

TDP Up:

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Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3 96 (35%)

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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

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Intel Core i3-5005U 1993 (29%)

AMD FX-6200 1989 (29%)

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AMD Phenom II X4 980 1976 (29%)

AMD A10-7800 1976 (29%)

Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 1974 (29%)

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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Core i3-4160T 6935 (7%)

Intel Core i3-6100T 6928 (7%)

Intel Core i7-6600U 6923 (7%)

AMD Phenom II X4 980 6919 (7%)

Intel Core i3-4350 6902 (7%)

AMD FX-4350 6820 (7%)

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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

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Intel Celeron G1630 1.12 (43%)

Intel Core i5-4250U 1.12 (43%)

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 1.12 (43%)

AMD Phenom II X4 980 1.12 (43%)

Intel Core i3-6100U 1.11 (43%)

AMD FX-8300 1.11 (43%)

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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

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