Phenom II X4 P960 vs Pentium Dual T4400

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Dual Core T4400
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.84
Phenom II X4 P960
2010
4 cores / 4 threads, 25 Watt
1.01
+20.2%

Phenom II X4 P960 outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4400 by a significant 20% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Phenom II X4 P960 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25882475
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual Core4x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency2.193.68
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date1 December 2009 (14 years ago)19 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T4400 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz1.8 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz3600 MHz
L1 cache128 KB512 KB
L2 cache1 MB2 MB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Number of transistors410 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T4400 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 configuration1no data
SocketPS1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Phenom II X4 P960. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
VirusProtect-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Phenom II X4 P960 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Phenom II X4 P960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

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.

Pentium Dual T4400 0.84
Phenom II X4 P960 1.01
+20.2%

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.

Pentium Dual T4400 2231
+44.7%
Phenom II X4 P960 1542

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Pentium Dual T4400 4200
Phenom II X4 P960 5354
+27.5%

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.

Pentium Dual T4400 1897
Phenom II X4 P960 2519
+32.8%

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.

Pentium Dual T4400 38.2
Phenom II X4 P960 24
+59.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.84 1.01
Recency 1 December 2009 19 October 2010
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 25 Watt

Phenom II X4 P960 has a 20.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 months, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 40% lower power consumption.

The Phenom II X4 P960 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T4400 in performance tests.


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