Phenom II X4 P960 vs i7-3612QE

Place in the ranking	1617	2478
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	4x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency	8.39	3.68
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	29 April 2012 (12 years ago)	19 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i7-3612QE and Phenom II X4 P960 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus rate	no data	3600 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	512 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	6144 KB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Die size	160 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-3612QE and Phenom II X4 P960 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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	Intel BGA1023	S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-3612QE and Phenom II X4 P960. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
VirusProtect	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data

Security technologies

Core i7-3612QE and Phenom II X4 P960 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-3612QE and Phenom II X4 P960 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-3612QE and Phenom II X4 P960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

unknown Dual-channel

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD 4000

no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.16	0.99
Recency	29 April 2012	19 October 2010
Threads	8	4
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	25 Watt

i7-3612QE has a 219.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more threads, and a 104.5% more advanced lithography process.

Phenom II X4 P960, on the other hand, has 40% lower power consumption.

The Core i7-3612QE is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X4 P960 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core i7-3612QE and Phenom II X4 P960, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.