Phenom II X4 P920 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 1600

Place in the ranking	992	2560
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	4x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency	10.31	3.22
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	29 June 2017 (7 years ago)	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Phenom II X4 P920 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	12	4
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	3600 MHz
Multiplier	32	no data
L1 cache	96K (per core)	512 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Die size	192 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	4,800 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Phenom II X4 P920 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 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	AM4	S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Phenom II X4 P920. 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	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Phenom II X4 P920 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Phenom II X4 P920. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR3
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Phenom II X4 P920.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.08	0.85
Recency	29 June 2017	12 May 2010
Physical cores	6	4
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	25 Watt

Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 has a 732.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

Phenom II X4 P920, on the other hand, has 160% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X4 P920 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 is a server/workstation processor while Phenom II X4 P920 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 and Phenom II X4 P920, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.