Athlon X4 860K vs Phenom II X4 P960

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon X4 860K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2368	1752
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.49
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	4x AMD Phenom II	no data
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Kaveri (2014−2015)
Release date	19 October 2010 (13 years ago)	12 August 2014 (9 years ago)
Current price	no data	$78

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon X4 860K 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	no data	3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	4 GHz
Bus support	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	256K
L2 cache	2 MB	4 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	245 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	no data	2,411 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon X4 860K 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)	FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon X4 860K. 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, integrated DDR3-1066 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0	no data
AES-NI	no data	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
VirusProtect	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon X4 860K are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon X4 860K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR3-2133

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon X4 860K.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Athlon X4 860K outperforms Phenom II X4 P960 by 120% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.01	2.22
Recency	19 October 2010	12 August 2014
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	95 Watt

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