Pentium Dual-Core E2160 vs Phenom II X4 P960

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Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 P960 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2472not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series4x AMD Phenom IIno data
Power efficiency3.68no data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Conroe (2006−2007)
Release date19 October 2010 (14 years ago)June 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 P960 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz1.8 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache512 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1 MB (shared)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data77 mm2
Number of transistorsno data105 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 P960 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160 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)775
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160. 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
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt

Phenom II X4 P960 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 160% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 P960 and Pentium Dual-Core E2160. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Phenom II X4 P960 is a notebook processor while Pentium Dual-Core E2160 is a desktop one.


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