AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE 125W

  Similarly as they did with the original Phenom processor lineup AMD have made some improvements in their Phenom II line up and today announced new 125W Phenom II X4 965 BE processors. Previously the TDP rating was 140W, which follows a similar pattern the Phenom 9950 had. You won't see any difference in benchmarks, unless of course you overclock this higher which AMD also claims the new chips should do. It also looks like AMD is trying to clear out of their stock of Phenom II X2 and X3 processors. We don't be doing any benchmarks but there are overclocking numbers, power consumption numbers, and voltage numbers.   Here are the technical specifications on the Phenom II X4 965BE processor. New Phenom II Processor Specifications: Model Number & Core Frequency: X4 965 / 3.4GHz (Black Edition) OPN: HDZ965FBK4DGM ß?M? indicates new revision L1 Cache Sizes: 64K of L1 instruction and 64K of L1 data cache per core (512KB total L1 per processor) L2 Cache Sizes: 512KB of L2 data cache per core (2MB total L2 per processor) L3 Cache Size: 6MB (shared) Total Cache (L2+L3): 8MB Memory Controller Type: Integrated 128-bit wide memory controller * Memory Controller Speed: Up to 2.0GHz with Dual Dynamic Power Management Types of Memory Supported: Unregistered DIMMs up to PC2-8500 (DDR2-1066MHz) -AND- PC3-10600 (DDR3-1333MHz) HyperTransport 3.0 Specification: One 16-bit/16-bit link @ up to 4.0GHz full duplex (2.0GHz x2) Total Processor-to-System Bandwidth: Up to 37.3GB/s total bandwidth [Up to 21.3 GB/s memory bandwidth (DDR3-1333) + 16.0GB/s (HT3)] Up to 33.1GB/s total bandwidth [Up to 17.1 GB/s memory bandwidth (DDR2-1066) + 16.0GB/s (HT3)] Packaging: Socket AM3 938-pin organic micro pin grid array (micro-PGA) Fab location: GLOBALFOUNDARIES Fab 1 module 1 in Dresden, Germany (formerly AMD Fab 36) Process Technology: 45-nanometer DSL SOI (silicon-on-insulator) technology Approximate Die Size: 258mm2 Approximate Transistor count: ~758 million Max Temp: 62o Celsius Nominal Voltage: 0.825-1.4V Max TDP: 125 Watts *Note: configurable for dual 64-bit channels for simultaneous read/writes   Here's our test system. Mother Board Asus M3A78-T Memory Corsair XMS 4GB Video Card ATI Radeon 4850 Hard Drive Western Digital SE 16 750GB Case Tsunami Thermaltake Display Samsung SyncMaster 30"     Windows Vista 64-bit SP2 was our OS with Catalyst version 9.1 for testing.     Idle power consumption was measured ten minutes idling into the Windows Vista desktop and load from Cinebench 10. As you can see at idle there is a very big difference between the two processors which run at the same clock, 21W which is nothing to sneeze at. Under load the 125W part draws less but not quite as large a difference at 9W.   Overclocking also saw a slight bump of just over 100MHz and the voltage required was also a lot less for this bump at 1.45v. Conclusion:Ultimately this isn't a game changer for Phenom II but it's nice to see AMD continue to make improvements to it's process and less power consumption is always better. Of course it may not be able to compete with the idle power ratings as Lynnfield but hey, at the same price you can't go wrong. Pricing:These new CPUs should show up in our price search engine very soon but aren't as of yet. Score: 96%  '); //-->

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