Phenom II X2 P650 vs Phenom II X4 P960

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 P960 and Phenom II X2 P650 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2495	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	4x AMD Phenom II	2x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency	3.67	no data
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	19 October 2010 (14 years ago)	19 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 P960 and Phenom II X2 P650 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	2.8 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	512 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 P960 and Phenom II X2 P650 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)	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Phenom II X2 P650. 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	HyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Vurtualization
VirusProtect	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Phenom II X2 P650 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Phenom II X2 P650. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR3

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2

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