A6-7000 vs Phenom II X4 P960
Aggregate performance score
Phenom II X4 P960 outperforms A6-7000 by an impressive 52% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Phenom II X4 P960 and A6-7000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2496 | 2780 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 4x AMD Phenom II | AMD Kaveri |
| Power efficiency | 3.67 | 3.56 |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Kaveri (2014−2015) |
| Release date | 19 October 2010 (14 years ago) | 1 June 2014 (10 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X4 P960 and A6-7000 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1024 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 28 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X4 P960 and A6-7000 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 (S1g4) | FT3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 17 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and A6-7000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0 | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| FRTC | - | + |
| TrueAudio | - | + |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| PowerGating | - | + |
| Out-of-band client management | - | + |
| VirusProtect | + | + |
| HSA | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and A6-7000 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
| IOMMU 2.0 | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and A6-7000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon R4 Graphics |
| iGPU core count | no data | 3 |
| Enduro | - | + |
| Switchable graphics | - | + |
| UVD | - | + |
| VCE | - | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Phenom II X4 P960 and A6-7000 integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and A6-7000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | DirectX® 12 |
| Vulkan | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and A6-7000.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.97 | 0.64 |
| Recency | 19 October 2010 | 1 June 2014 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 17 Watt |
Phenom II X4 P960 has a 51.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
A6-7000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 60.7% more advanced lithography process, and 47.1% lower power consumption.
The Phenom II X4 P960 is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-7000 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X4 P960 and A6-7000, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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