Phenom II X4 P960 vs A8-4500M

Place in performance ranking	2290	2344
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	4x AMD Phenom II
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	15 May 2012 (12 years ago)	19 October 2010 (13 years ago)
Current price	$179	no data

Detailed specifications

A8-4500M and Phenom II X4 P960 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus support	no data	3600 MHz
L1 cache	192 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	4 MB (shared)	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	246 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A8-4500M and Phenom II X4 P960 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	FS1r2	S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-4500M and Phenom II X4 P960. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA	MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, integrated DDR3-1066 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0
AES-NI	+	no data
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
VirusProtect	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-4500M and Phenom II X4 P960 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-4500M and Phenom II X4 P960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

unknown

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 7640G

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A8-4500M 1.09
+9%

Phenom II X4 P960 1.00

A8-4500M outperforms Phenom II X4 P960 by 9% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A8-4500M 288
+24.1%

Phenom II X4 P960 232

A8-4500M outperforms Phenom II X4 P960 by 24% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A8-4500M 634

Phenom II X4 P960 796
+25.6%

Phenom II X4 P960 outperforms A8-4500M by 26% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

A8-4500M 1821
+18.1%

Phenom II X4 P960 1542

A8-4500M outperforms Phenom II X4 P960 by 18% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A8-4500M 4872

Phenom II X4 P960 5354
+9.9%

Phenom II X4 P960 outperforms A8-4500M by 10% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A8-4500M 2438

Phenom II X4 P960 2519
+3.3%

Phenom II X4 P960 outperforms A8-4500M by 3% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

A8-4500M 31.45

Phenom II X4 P960 24
+31%

A8-4500M outperforms Phenom II X4 P960 by 31% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

A8-4500M 2

Phenom II X4 P960 2
+18.7%

Phenom II X4 P960 outperforms A8-4500M by 19% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.