Core 2 Duo SP7500 vs Phenom II X4 P960

General info
Technical specs
Compatibility
Technologies
Memory
Benchmarks
Advantages and disadvantages
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General info

Comparing Phenom II X4 P960 and Core 2 Duo SP7500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2331	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	4x AMD Phenom II	Intel Core 2 Duo
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Merom (2006−2008)
Release date	19 October 2010 (13 years old)	15 January 2008 (16 years old)

Technical specs

Phenom II X4 P960 and Core 2 Duo SP7500 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	1.6 GHz
Bus support	3600 MHz	800 MHz
L1 cache	512 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	4 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 P960 and Core 2 Duo SP7500 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)	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	20 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Core 2 Duo SP7500. 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
VirusProtect	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Core 2 Duo SP7500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Core 2 Duo SP7500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Phenom II X4 P960 1542

Core 2 Duo SP7500 1766
+14.5%

Core 2 Duo SP7500 outperforms Phenom II X4 P960 by 15% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Phenom II X4 P960 5354
+92.5%

Core 2 Duo SP7500 2781

Phenom II X4 P960 outperforms Core 2 Duo SP7500 by 93% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Phenom II X4 P960 2519
+157%

Core 2 Duo SP7500 982

Phenom II X4 P960 outperforms Core 2 Duo SP7500 by 157% in 3DMark06 CPU.