Intel Core i7-2670QM vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T. Specifications

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000M AMD Phenom II - 800/900
• Family
  Intel Core i7 AMD Phenom II
• Generation
  2 4
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.2 GHz 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.1 GHz 3.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo 3.4 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  10.1 -
• Execution units
  12 -
• Generation
  6 -
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 3000 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Release date
  Q1/2011 -
• Shader
  96 -
• Technology
  32 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Phenom II X4 960T and Intel Core i7-2670QM. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1066DDR3-1333 DDR2-1066
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  2.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-2670QM and AMD Phenom II X4 960T Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  45 W 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-2670QM and AMD Phenom II X4 960T, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge H Deneb (K10)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE3, SSE4a
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 6 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2011 Q3/2011
• Socket
  PGA 988 AM3
• Technology
  32 nm 45 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT AMD-V