The Phenom X4 9450e processor from AMD was officially introduced to the market :year_text. Thanks to the use of the 65 nm process node, the manufacturer achieved an excellent balance of performance. The chip is installed in the compatible motherboards socket. The die configuration includes 4 computing cores with support for 4 threads. By default, the cores function at 2.1 GHz. Thanks to 2 MB of L3 cache, latency when accessing RAM is reduced. The processor's base thermal design power (TDP) is stated at 65 W. While Phenom X4 9450e is not positioned as a flagship gaming solution, it is quite capable of handling popular games at medium settings when combined with a discrete graphics card.