V-Series V140 vs Phenom II X4 P960

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 P960 and V-Series V140 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2343not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series4x AMD Phenom IIAMD V-Series
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date19 October 2010 (13 years ago)4 October 2010 (13 years ago)
Current priceno data$18.47

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 P960 and V-Series V140 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus support3600 MHz3200 MHz
L1 cache512 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 P960 and V-Series V140 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.

SocketS1 (S1g4)S1
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and V-Series V140. 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, integrated DDR3-1066 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0Integrated DDR3 memory controller, MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization
VirusProtect++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and V-Series V140 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and V-Series V140. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

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
V-Series V140 1913
+24%

V-Series V140 outperforms Phenom II X4 P960 by 24% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-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
+155%
V-Series V140 990

Phenom II X4 P960 outperforms V-Series V140 by 155% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Phenom II X4 P960 24
+185%
V-Series V140 68.3

V-Series V140 outperforms Phenom II X4 P960 by 185% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Phenom II X4 P960 2
+238%
V-Series V140 1

Phenom II X4 P960 outperforms V-Series V140 by 238% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1

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