AMD Phenom II X4 P960

The AMD Phenom II X4 P960 is a slow clocked quad-core CPU for laptops. Compared to the desktop Phenom II, the mobile Phenom II X4 offer no level 3 cache and are therefore compareable to the desktop Athlon X4 line. The slow clock speed allows the low powerconsumption (25 W TDP) but may lead to a bad performance in single threaded applications and games. The single thread performance should be between a 1.5 GHz and 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo processor. If all four cores are used in benchmarks, the performance may reach the level of a Core i3 processor.

As the current Intel Core i3 CPUs, the P960 offers an integrated DDR3 memory controller (up to DDR3-1066). However it is still manufactured in 45nm (SOI process).

SeriesAMD Phenom II X4
CodenameChamplain
Clock Rate1800 MHz
Front Side Bus3600 MHz
Level 1 Cache512 KB
Level 2 Cache2048 KB
Number of Cores / Threads4 / 4
Max. Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)25 Watt
Manufacturing Technology45 nm
SocketS1 (S1g4)
FeaturesMMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, integrated DDR3-1066 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0
64 Bit64 Bit support
Hardware VirtualizationAMD-V
Announcement Date10/19/2010

CPU Benchmarks

3DMark 06 - CPU:
0% 100%
min: 2519     avg: 2519 (30%)     max: 2519 Points
Super Pi 1M:
0% 100%
min: 45     avg: 45 (10%)     max: 45 Seconds
Super Pi 2M:
0% 100%
min: 102     avg: 102 (4%)     max: 102 Seconds
Super Pi 32M:
0% 100%
min: 2360     avg: 2360 (10%)     max: 2360 Seconds
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS):
0% 100%
min: 27374     avg: 27374 (13%)     max: 27374 MIPS
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS):
0% 100%
min: 21381     avg: 21381 (16%)     max: 21381 MFLOPS
PCMark Vantage: Result 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 3999     avg: 3999 (19%)     max: 3999 Points
Cinebench R10: Rendering Single 32Bit
0% 100%
min: 1542     avg: 1542 (25%)     max: 1542 Points
Cinebench R10: Rendering Multiple CPUs 32Bit
0% 100%
min: 5354     avg: 5354 (20%)     max: 5354 Points
Cinebench R10: Rendering Multiple CPUs 64Bit
0% 100%
min: 6649     avg: 6649 (20%)     max: 6649 Points
Cinebench R10: Rendering Single CPUs 64Bit
0% 100%
min: 1922     avg: 1922 (30%)     max: 1922 Points
3DMark Vantage: P CPU no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 5971     avg: 5971 (14%)     max: 5971 Points
wPrime 2.0x: 32m
0% 100%
min: 24     avg: 24 (5%)     max: 24 seconds
wPrime 2.0x: 1024m
0% 100%
min: 705     avg: 705 (8%)     max: 705 seconds
Windows 7 Experience Index: Processor
0% 100%
min: 6.6     avg: 6.6 (85%)     max: 6.6 points
Cinebench R11.5: CPU 64Bit
0% 100%
min: 2     avg: 2 (19%)     max: 2.05 Points
- Range of benchmarks for this CPU
- Average benchmark score

Cinebench R10 in comparison
Intel Atom Z670 (min)
691 
...
Intel Core 2 Duo P8700
5273.2 
Intel Core 2 Duo SP9600
5309 
Intel Core 2 Duo T9400
5340.9 
AMD Phenom II X4 P960
5354 
Intel Core 2 Duo P8800
5356.7 
AMD A-Series A6-3420M
5393 
AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE
5439 
...
Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 3960X (max)
27189.5 

Reviews for the AMD Phenom II X4 P960 processor

Asus K52DR-EX260X (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470, 15.6")
» Asus K52DR-EX260X - External Review

Asus N53DA (AMD Radeon HD 6650M, 15.6")
» Asus N53DA - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6-6005sg (AMD Radeon HD 6650M, 15.6")
» HP Pavilion dv6-6005sg - External Review

HP Pavilion dv7-6000el (AMD Radeon HD 6650M, 17.3")
» HP Pavilion dv7-6000el - External Review

HP Pavilion g6-1025sg (AMD Radeon HD 6470M, 15.6")
» HP Pavilion g6-1025sg - External Review

HP Pavilion g7-1002sg (AMD Radeon HD 6470M, 17.3")
» Review HP Pavilion g7-1002sg Notebook - Review
» HP Pavilion g7-1002sg - External Review

Toshiba Satellite A665D-S5175 (ATI Radeon HD 4200, 15.6")
» Toshiba Satellite A665D-S5175 - External Review

Toshiba Satellite L655D-S5164RD (ATI Radeon HD 4250, 15.6")
» Toshiba Satellite L655D-S5164RD - External Review

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Other CPUs of the series AMD Phenom II X4

» AMD Phenom II X4 X940 BE
   2.4 GHz / 2 MB
» AMD Phenom II X4 X920 BE
   2.3 GHz / 2 MB
» AMD Phenom II X4 N970
   2.2 GHz / 2 MB
» AMD Phenom II X4 N950
   2.1 GHz / 2 MB
» AMD Phenom II X4 N930
   2 GHz / 2 MB
» AMD Phenom II X4 P960
   1.8 GHz / 2 MB
» AMD Phenom II X4 P940
   1.7 GHz / 2 MB
» AMD Phenom II X4 P920
   1.6 GHz / 2 MB

Surrounding CPUs

- Intel Core i7 660UM
   1.33 GHz / 0.5 MB + 4 MB
- AMD A-Series A8-3520M
   1.6 GHz / 4 MB
- AMD A-Series A10-4655M
   2 GHz / 4 MB
- AMD A-Series A8-4500M
   1.9 GHz / 4 MB
- Intel Core 2 Duo P8400
   2.26 GHz / 3 MB
» AMD Phenom II X4 P960
   1.8 GHz / 2 MB
+ AMD A-Series A6-3410MX
   1.6 GHz / 4096 KB
+ AMD A-Series A8-3500M
   1.5 GHz / 4096 KB
+ AMD A-Series A6-3420M
   1.5 GHz / 4096 KB
+ Intel Core 2 Duo P7570
   2.26 GHz / 3072 KB
+ Intel Core 2 Duo P7550
   2.26 GHz / 3072 KB
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Author: Klaus Hinum (Update: 2012-05-16)