Phenom II X4 P960 vs Xeon E5-2689

Place in the ranking	1072	2480
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Xeon	4x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency	5.14	3.67
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge-EP (2012)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	6 March 2012 (12 years ago)	19 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2689 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 cores	8 (Octa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	16	4
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus rate	no data	3600 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	512 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	20 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	435 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	2,270 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2689 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 configuration	2	no data
Socket	2011	S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2689 and Phenom II X4 P960. 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	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2689 and Phenom II X4 P960 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2689 and Phenom II X4 P960 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2689 and Phenom II X4 P960. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2689 and Phenom II X4 P960.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.25	0.97
Recency	6 March 2012	19 October 2010
Physical cores	8	4
Threads	16	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	25 Watt

Xeon E5-2689 has a 544.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Phenom II X4 P960, on the other hand, has 360% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5-2689 is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X4 P960 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2689 is a server/workstation processor while Phenom II X4 P960 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-2689 and Phenom II X4 P960, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.