Phenom II X4 P960 vs Athlon 64 X2 4600+
Primary Details
Comparing Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Phenom II X4 P960 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 2342 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | 2x Athlon 64 (Desktop) | 4x AMD Phenom II |
| Architecture codename | Windsor (2006−2009) | Champlain (2010−2011) |
| Release date | no data | 19 October 2010 (13 years ago) |
| Current price | $50 | no data |
Detailed Specifications
Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| Bus support | 1000 MHz | 3600 MHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 45 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 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.
| Socket | no data | S1 (S1g4) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Phenom II X4 P960. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, integrated DDR3-1066 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0 |
| VirusProtect | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Phenom II X4 P960 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Phenom II X4 P960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR3 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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%
Phenom II X4 P960 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 4600+ by 2% 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%
Phenom II X4 P960 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 4600+ by 95% 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%
Athlon 64 X2 4600+ outperforms Phenom II X4 P960 by 25% 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%
Phenom II X4 P960 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 4600+ by 43% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.
Pros & Cons Summary
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 25 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Phenom II X4 P960. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Athlon 64 X2 4600+ is a desktop processor while Phenom II X4 P960 is a notebook one.
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