Phenom II X4 P960 vs Core 2 Quad Q9650

Place in the ranking	2123	2496
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	4x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency	1.55	3.67
Architecture codename	Yorkfield (2007−2009)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	August 2008 (16 years ago)	19 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q9650 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	3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus rate	1333 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	512 KB
L2 cache	6 MB (per die)	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	2x 107 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	no data
Number of transistors	820 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q9650 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	LGA775	S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9650 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
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Quad Q9650 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 Quad Q9650 and Phenom II X4 P960 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q9650 and Phenom II X4 P960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

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 Quad Q9650 1.56
+60.8%

Phenom II X4 P960 0.97

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 Quad Q9650 377
+62.5%

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 Quad Q9650 1055
+32.5%

Phenom II X4 P960 796