Pentium 4405Y vs Phenom II X4 P960

Aggregate performance score

Phenom II X4 P960
2010
4 cores / 4 threads, 25 Watt
0.97
+1%
Pentium 4405Y
2015
2 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
0.96

Phenom II X4 P960 outperforms Pentium 4405Y by a minimal 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 P960 and Pentium 4405Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24802491
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series4x AMD Phenom IIIntel Pentium
Power efficiency3.6715.14
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date19 October 2010 (14 years ago)1 September 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 P960 and Pentium 4405Y 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 data1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz1.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rate3600 MHz4 GT/s
Multiplierno data15
L1 cache512 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cacheno data2 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data98.57 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data1750 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 P960 and Pentium 4405Y 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketS1 (S1g4)FCBGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Pentium 4405Y. 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
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+

Security technologies

Phenom II X4 P960 and Pentium 4405Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Pentium 4405Y 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 Pentium 4405Y. 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 data29.861 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 515
Max video memoryno data16 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data800 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Phenom II X4 P960 and Pentium 4405Y integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Pentium 4405Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Pentium 4405Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Pentium 4405Y.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data10

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.97 0.96
Recency 19 October 2010 1 September 2015
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 6 Watt

Phenom II X4 P960 has a 1% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores.

Pentium 4405Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 316.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Phenom II X4 P960 and Pentium 4405Y.


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