The AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W) was a desktop processor with 4 cores, launched in April 2009. It is part of the Phenom II X4 lineup, using the Deneb architecture with Socket AM3. Phenom II X4 945 (125W) has 6 MB of L3 cache and operates at 3 GHz. AMD is making the Phenom II X4 945 (125W) on a 45 nm production node using 758 million transistors. The multiplier is locked on Phenom II X4 945 (125W), which limits its overclocking potential.
With a TDP of 125 W, the Phenom II X4 945 (125W) consumes a lot of power, so good cooling is definitely needed. AMD's processor supports DDR3 memory with a dual-channel interface. The highest officially supported memory speed is 1333 MT/s, but with overclocking (and the right memory modules) you can go even higher. ECC memory is supported, too, which is an important capability for mission-critical systems, to avoid data corruption. For communication with other components in the computer, Phenom II X4 945 (125W) uses a PCI-Express Gen 2 connection. Although the processor doesn't come with integrated graphics, certain motherboards with compatible chipsets can provide this capability.
Hardware virtualization is available on the Phenom II X4 945 (125W), which greatly improves virtual machine performance.