i5-4200Y vs Phenom II X4 P960

Athlon II P320 Athlon II P340 Athlon II P360 Phenom II X3 N830 Phenom II X3 N850 Phenom II X3 P820 Phenom II X4 N930 Phenom II X4 N950 Phenom II X4 N970 Phenom II X4 P920 Phenom II X4 P960 Turion II P520 Turion II P540 Turion II P560 V-Series V120 V-Series V140 V-Series V160
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Core i3-4005U Core i5-4200M Core i5-4200U Core i5-4210U Core i7-4700MQ

Aggregate performance score

Phenom II X4 P960
2010
4 cores / 4 threads, 25 Watt
0.97
Core i5-4200Y
2013
2 cores / 4 threads, 11 Watt
0.98
+1%

Core i5-4200Y outperforms Phenom II X4 P960 by a minimal 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

Phenom II X4 P960 Phenom II X4 P960
i5-4200Y i5-4200Y

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 P960 and Core i5-4200Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24962486
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series4x AMD Phenom IIIntel Core i5
Power efficiency3.677.73
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date19 October 2010 (14 years ago)4 June 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$297

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 P960 and Core i5-4200Y 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speedno data1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz1.9 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz5 GT/s
L1 cache512 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data118 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 P960 and Core i5-4200Y 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1 (S1g4)FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt11.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Core i5-4200Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data+
FDIno data-
AMTno data9.5
Matrix Storageno data-
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data+

Security technologies

Phenom II X4 P960 and Core i5-4200Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
Anti-Theftno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Core i5-4200Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Core i5-4200Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 4200
Max video memoryno data2 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data850 MHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Phenom II X4 P960 and Core i5-4200Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Core i5-4200Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data2560x1600@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Core i5-4200Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data11.2/12
OpenGLno data4.3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Core i5-4200Y.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data12
PCI supportno data-
USB revisionno data3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data4
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data4
Integrated IDEno data-
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 0.97 0.98
Recency 19 October 2010 4 June 2013
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 11 Watt

Phenom II X4 P960 has 100% more physical cores.

i5-4200Y, on the other hand, has a 1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 127.3% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Phenom II X4 P960 and Core i5-4200Y.

Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X4 P960 and Core i5-4200Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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