AMD Phenom II X4 960T vs AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 1700

Let's find out which one of AMD Phenom II X4 960T and AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 1700 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Phenom II X4 960T AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 1700
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Phenom II AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  4 1
• CPU group
  AMD Phenom II - 800/900 AMD Ryzen 1000

In this block we are going to compare AMD Phenom II X4 960T vs AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 1700 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  3.00 GHz 3.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.40 GHz 3.70 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 16
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Phenom II X4 960T and AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 1700 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Phenom II X4 960T and AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 1700. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

To choose the best model between AMD Phenom II X4 960T and AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 1700 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR2-1066 DDR4-2666
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  20

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD Phenom II X4 960T and AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 1700.

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Phenom II X4 960T or AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 1700? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  95 W 65 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 95 °C

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Phenom II X4 960T and AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 1700 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 16.00 MB
• Architecture
  Deneb (K10) Summit Ridge (Zen)
• Technology
  45 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  AM3 AM4
• Release date
  Q3/2011 Q3/2017

List of devices based on AMD Phenom II X4 960T and AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 1700.

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