Phenom II X4 P960 vs Core 2 Extreme X9100

Place in the ranking	2263	2474
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Extreme	4x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency	2.80	3.68
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	15 July 2008 (16 years ago)	19 October 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$851	no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Extreme X9100 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
Base clock speed	3.06 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.06 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus rate	1066 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	6 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	107 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	410 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.05-1.2625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Extreme X9100 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	PGA478	S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)	44 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Extreme X9100 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, HyperTransport 3.0
VirusProtect	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
AMT	+	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Extreme X9100 and Phenom II X4 P960 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Extreme X9100 and Phenom II X4 P960 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Extreme X9100 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.

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.

Core 2 Extreme X9100 1.35
+33.7%

Phenom II X4 P960 1.01

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.

Core 2 Extreme X9100 438
+88.8%

Phenom II X4 P960 232

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.

Core 2 Extreme X9100 767

Phenom II X4 P960 796
+3.8%

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.

Core 2 Extreme X9100 3834
+149%

Phenom II X4 P960 1542

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.

Core 2 Extreme X9100 7440
+39%

Phenom II X4 P960 5354

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.

Core 2 Extreme X9100 2810
+11.6%

Phenom II X4 P960 2519

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.

Core 2 Extreme X9100 46

Phenom II X4 P960 24
+91.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.35	1.01
Recency	15 July 2008	19 October 2010
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Power consumption (TDP)	44 Watt	25 Watt

Core 2 Extreme X9100 has a 33.7% higher aggregate performance score.

Phenom II X4 P960, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 76% lower power consumption.

The Core 2 Extreme X9100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X4 P960 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Extreme X9100 and Phenom II X4 P960, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.