Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 vs Phenom II X4 N950

Place in the ranking	2107	495
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	4x AMD Phenom II	AMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Power efficiency	4.22	48.77
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Strix Point (Zen 5) (2024)
Release date	4 October 2010 (14 years ago)	1 October 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 N950 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	5.1 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	54 MHz
L1 cache	512 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	4 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 N950 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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	S1	FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 N950 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), Secure Processor, SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 N950 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 880M

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.

Phenom II X4 N950 1.56

Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 14.43
+825%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Phenom II X4 N950 2485

Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 22919
+822%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.56	14.43
Recency	4 October 2010	1 October 2024
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	4	16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Chip lithography	45 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	28 Watt

Phenom II X4 N950 has -75% more threads.

Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360, on the other hand, has a 825% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, 100% more physical cores, a 1025% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X4 N950 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X4 N950 and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.