Intel Xeon E5450 vs AMD Phenom X4 9600

Let's find out which one of AMD Phenom X4 9600 and Intel Xeon E5450 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Phenom X4 9600 Intel Xeon E5450
• Family
  AMD Phenom Intel Xeon E
• CPU group
  AMD Phenom X4 Intel Xeon E5400
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

In this block we are going to compare AMD Phenom X4 9600 vs Intel Xeon E5450 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  4 / 4 4 / 4
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Cores
  4x 4x
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  2.30 GHz 3.00 GHz

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Phenom X4 9600 and Intel Xeon E5450 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Phenom X4 9600 and Intel Xeon E5450. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

To choose the best model between AMD Phenom X4 9600 and Intel Xeon E5450 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR2 DDR2
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  2
• AES-NI
  No No

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Phenom X4 9600 or Intel Xeon E5450? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  95 W 80 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Phenom X4 9600 and Intel Xeon E5450 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  65 nm 45 nm
• Chip design
  Monolithic
• Socket
  AM2+ LGA 771
• L2-Cache
  0.50 MB 12.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Agena Harpertown
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Linux Windows 10, Linux
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Release date
  Q4/2007 Q4/2007
• Release price
  -- 969 $