Athlon 64 X2 4400+ vs Phenom II X4 P960

Place in the ranking	2480	2965
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	4x AMD Phenom II	2x Athlon 64 (Desktop)
Power efficiency	3.67	0.61
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Windsor (2006−2007)
Release date	19 October 2010 (14 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4400+ 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	1000 MHz
L1 cache	512 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	90 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4400+ 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.

Socket	S1 (S1g4)	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4400+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4400+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4400+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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.

Phenom II X4 P960 0.97
+131%

Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 0.42

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.

Phenom II X4 P960 2519
+53.7%

Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 1639

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.97	0.42
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt

Phenom II X4 P960 has a 131% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 160% lower power consumption.

The Phenom II X4 P960 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 64 X2 4400+ in performance tests.

Be aware that Phenom II X4 P960 is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 X2 4400+ is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X4 P960 and Athlon 64 X2 4400+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.