Athlon II X2 270u vs Phenom II X4 P960
Primary details
Comparing Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon II X2 270u processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2440 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | 4x AMD Phenom II | no data |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Regor (2009−2013) |
| Release date | 19 October 2010 (13 years ago) | 21 September 2010 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $68 |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon II X2 270u 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 |
| Boost clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | no data | 117 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 410 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon II X2 270u 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | S1 (S1g4) | AM3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon II X2 270u. 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 | no data |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon II X2 270u are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon II X2 270u. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR2, DDR3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon II X2 270u.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
Phenom II X4 P960 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon II X2 270u. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Phenom II X4 P960 is a notebook processor while Athlon II X2 270u is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon II X2 270u, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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