Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U vs Phenom II X4 P960

Aggregate performance score

Phenom II X4 P960
2010
4 cores / 4 threads, 25 Watt
0.97
Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U
2021
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
6.94
+615%

Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U outperforms Phenom II X4 P960 by a whopping 615% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 P960 and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24801008
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series4x AMD Phenom IIAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency3.6743.79
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Cezanne-U PRO (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date19 October 2010 (14 years ago)16 March 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 P960 and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speedno data2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz4 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
Multiplierno data26
L1 cache512 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data180 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 P960 and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U 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)FP6
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U. 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 3.0PRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Phenom II X4 P960 0.97
Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U 6.94
+615%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Phenom II X4 P960 232
Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U 1519
+555%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Phenom II X4 P960 796
Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U 4803
+503%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.97 6.94
Recency 19 October 2010 16 March 2021
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U has a 615.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more threads, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X4 P960 in performance tests.


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