EPYC Embedded 8434P vs Phenom II X4 P960

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 P960 and EPYC Embedded 8434P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2495not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Series4x AMD Phenom IIno data
Power efficiency3.67no data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Siena (2023−2024)
Release date19 October 2010 (14 years ago)1 October 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 P960 and EPYC Embedded 8434P 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)48 (Octatetraconta-Core)
Threads496
Base clock speedno data2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz3.1 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache512 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data128 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm5 nm
Die sizeno data4x 73 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data75 °C
Number of transistorsno data35,500 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 P960 and EPYC Embedded 8434P 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1 (S1g4)SP6
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt200 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and EPYC Embedded 8434P. 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, HyperTransport 3.0no data
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and EPYC Embedded 8434P are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and EPYC Embedded 8434P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and EPYC Embedded 8434P.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data96

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 October 2010 1 October 2024
Physical cores 4 48
Threads 4 96
Chip lithography 45 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 200 Watt

Phenom II X4 P960 has 700% lower power consumption.

EPYC Embedded 8434P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads, and a 800% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 P960 and EPYC Embedded 8434P. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Phenom II X4 P960 is a notebook processor while EPYC Embedded 8434P is a server/workstation one.


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