Thread: AMD establishes 125W Phenom 2 X4 965 central processing unit

August marked the establish of AMD's recent flagship desktop processor, the Phenom 2 X4 965 Black Version. Recent, we have a new revise of this central processing units that brings few novel characteristicss to the table. Unluckily, these novel aspects do not develope stock function of the 3.4GHz quad-core chip. Rather, they tweak it in other field that much enthusiasts care about. Here is a fast function down of those advances.




Thermal design power (TDP) presents the maximum power consumption of the central processing units when functioning apps below a heavy load. Transitioning from 140W to 125W TDP solution in a cooler, more effective processor with included profits similar lower case temperature and decline power draw. In extra, the reviewed hardware C1E implementation furnish quicker switching of power states and minimizes any effect to function caused by central processing units power management.




New central processing unit revisions commonly characteristics excellent overclocking capability and this special chip did not disappoint. With central processing unit core voltage at 1.5v, we arrived at a quick 4.12GHz rock solid stable overclock. That is a 300MHz+ gain htroughout the 3.8GHz overclock achieved utilizing the last revision of the Phenom 2 X4 965.


We functioned the fresh 965 by a serial of synthetic SiSoft SANDRA tries and it extended suitable function throughout the rating. The Phenom 2 X4 maintained pace with Intel's Core i5 processor when scoring good in the multimedia benchmark. For a entire function down of the 965's function, please see our actual launch article.


PC Mark Vantage function by a boniface of various utilizations scenarios to simulate different kinds of work loads adding High Definition televisions and movie playback, gaming, picture editing, song compression, communications, and productivity. Most of the try are multi-threaded as good, so the tries can exploit the extra resources extended by a quad-core central processing units. The Phenom 2 X4 scored 6814 overall in this benchmark, which was somewhat higher than the actual revision.