AMD Phenom II X4 960T vs Intel Core i3-2100
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AMD Phenom II X4 960T advantages
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Intel Core i3-2100 advantages
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960T vs i3-2100 performance comparison
The charts in the section below show performance of Phenom II X4 960T and Core i3-2100 CPUs in different kinds of programs. The results in the charts are based on a few benchmarks, that you can view in the "Benchmarks" tab. As a result, performance in individual benchmarks may be better or worse than what you see in the charts below. We also averaged the numbers for application type specific benchmarks and all-around performance benchmarks, and displayed them in the 'Overall performance' chart. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Please see the "Benchmarks" tab for exhaustive list of benchmarks, showing performance difference between AMD Phenom II X4 960T and Core i3-2100 in various types of applications.
960T vs i3-2100 power consumption comparison
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Detailed side by side comparison of Phenom II X4 960T vs Intel i3-2100 specs can be found in the "Specifications" tab. Much more detailed comparison of internal features of both processors is located in the "CPUIDs" tab.
Pros and Cons summary
| Phenom II X4 960T | Core i3-2100 |
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General recommendations: Performs somewhat better in multi-threaded tasks,
Can be effortlessly overclocked |
General recommendations: A bit higher overall performance,
Features SSE4.1 / SSE4.2 / AVX instructions, Includes HD 2000 GPU, Somewhat more energy efficient |
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Drawbacks: Performs insignificantly worse in all task types,
Does not support some instructions, No on-chip graphics, Higher power consumption |
Drawbacks: Not as fast in multi-threaded tasks
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Similar processors
| Phenom II X4 960T | Core i3-2100 |
Similar microprocessors use the same socket and architecture as Phenom II X4 960T and Intel Core i3-2100, however their performance and other characteristics are a bit different.
Where to buy
These processors are obsolete. For that reason the best place to search for them is eBay. Marketplace sellers at Amazon may also carry them. | |
Specifications
| AMD Phenom II X4 960T | Intel Core i3-2100 | |
| Basic details | ||
| Market segment | Desktop | |
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| Manufacturer | AMD | Intel |
| Family | AMD Phenom II X4 | Intel Core i3 |
| Model number | 960T | i3-2100 |
| CPU part number | HD96ZTWFK4DGR | CM8062301061600 |
| Box part number | HD96ZTWFGRBOX | BX80623I32100 BXC80623I32100 |
| Introduction date | September 30, 2010 | February 20, 2011 |
| Current official price | $117 (as of Jan 2013) | |
| CPU features | ||
| Core name | Zosma | Sandy Bridge |
| Platform name | Leo | |
| Microarchitecture | K10 | Sandy Bridge |
| Technology (micron) | 0.045 | 0.032 |
| Data width (bits) | 64 | |
| Socket | Socket AM2+ / Socket AM3 | Socket 1155 |
| Frequency (MHz) | 3000 | 3100 |
| Turbo Frequency (MHz) | 3400 | |
| Bus speed (MHz) | 2000 (HT/QPI) | |
| Clock Multiplier | 15 | 31 |
| L1 cache | 256 KB (code) / 256 KB (data) | 64 KB (code) / 64 KB (data) |
| L2 cache (KB) | 2048 | 512 |
| L3 cache (KB) | 6144 | 3072 |
| Max temperature (°C) | 69.1 | |
| TDP (Watt) | 95 | 65 |
| Core voltage (V) | 0.825 - 1.4 | |
| Cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Multiprocessing | 1 | |
| Instruction set extensions | ||
| 3DNow! | + | - |
| AMD64 / EM64T 64-bit technology | + | |
| AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions | - | + |
| MMX | + | |
| SSE | + | |
| SSE2 | + | |
| SSE3 | + | |
| SSE4.1 | - | + |
| SSE4.2 | - | + |
| SSSE3 / Supplemental SSE3 | - | + |
| Supported technologies | ||
| Hyper-Threading | - | + |
| PowerNow! / Enhanced SpeedStep | + | |
| Turbo Core / Turbo Boost | + | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
| Virtualization | + | |
| Virus Protection / Execute Disable bit | + | |
| Integrated Graphics | ||
| GPU Type | None | HD 2000 |
Rows with different specifications or features are highlighted.
For detailed specifications of "AMD Phenom II X4 960T" or "Intel Core i3-2100" parts please click on the links in the table header.
Benchmarks
System setup
AMD Phenom II X4 960T and Intel Core i3-2100 processors were tested using different system components, that are identified by MB, RAM and VID columns in the tables below. The numbers in each of these columns correspond to one of motherboards (MB), memory configurations (RAM) or graphics adapters (VID), listed below:
MB - Motherboard(s):
1. ASUS P8P67
2. ASROCK M3A780GXH/128M
3. ASUS P8H61-M
RAM - Memory:
1. 2 GB DUAL-CHANNEL CORSAIR TR3X3G1600C9 DDR3
2. 2 GB DUAL-CHANNEL CORSAIR CM3X1024-1333C9 DDR3
VID - Video card(s):
1. MSI R6670 1GB GDDR5 (ATI RADEON)
2. POWERCOLOR 24PRO256M DDR2 (ATI RADEON HD2400)
3. INTEGRATED ON-CHIP INTEL SANDY BRIDGE GRAPHICS
All tests were performed at default frequency and voltage, using manufacturer's stock fan/heatsink. None of the components were overclocked. Motherboard BIOS options were left at default settings.
The results of all benchmarks are broken into four categories: multi-threaded, single-threaded, memory intensive and graphics / gaming.
Phenom II X4 960T vs Intel Core i3-2100 single-threaded benchmarks
Single-threaded benchmarks run on a single CPU core, and do not depend on such features as the number of cores, or Hyper-Threading technology. Additionally, they do not utilize on-chip caches, dedicated to other cores.
AMD Phenom II X4 960T Intel Core i3-2100 | |||||
3DMark03 CPU score benchmark | |||||
Longer is better  | MB | RAM | VID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 68.0% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 43.9% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score (1 core) benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 99.4% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 72.2% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
FLAC encoding - single process benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 99.5% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 88.0% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
H.264 video encoding - single process benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 99.4% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 80.5% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
LAME MP3 encoding - single process benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 99.4% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 75.6% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
AMD Phenom II X4 960T Intel Core i3-2100 | |||||
PCMark2002 CPU score benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 99.9% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 92.9% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Super PI (1M) benchmark | |||||
 Shorter is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 99.4% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 61.8% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
XVid video encoding - single process benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 98.9% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 85.7% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Phenom II X4 960T vs Intel Core i3-2100 multi-threaded benchmarks
Multi-threaded benchmarks utilize all CPU cores and other on-chip resources (on-chip caches, internal buffers, etc). Intel's Hyper-Threading feature also helps to improve multi-threading performance.
AMD Phenom II X4 960T Intel Core i3-2100 | |||||
Apache web server - dynamic pages benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
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| 100% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 90.7% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 79.5% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Apache web server - static pages benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 99.2% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 78.3% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Blowfish encryption benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 76.1% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 74.7% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 95.0% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 94.3% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
CINEBENCH R10 render time (seconds) benchmark | |||||
| Shorter is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 94.9% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 94.2% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
AMD Phenom II X4 960T Intel Core i3-2100 | |||||
CrystalMark ALU benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 94.8% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 94.8% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
CrystalMark FPU benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 85.6% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 84.7% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
Euler3D benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 99.2% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 89.8% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
FLAC encoding - multiple processes benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 74.8% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 74.3% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
Fritz Chess Benchmark benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 81.8% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 81.3% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
AMD Phenom II X4 960T Intel Core i3-2100 | |||||
H.264 video encoding - multiple processes benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 87.7% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 87.1% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
H.264 video encoding - multithreaded benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 99.3% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 96.2% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
LAME MP3 encoding - multiple processes benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 96.9% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 96.7% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
MySQL 5.0.27 - selecting data benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 87.2% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 86.7% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 76.4% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 75.8% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
AMD Phenom II X4 960T Intel Core i3-2100 | |||||
Sandra MultiMedia Floating Point (it/s) benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 99.1% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 95.9% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Sandra MultiMedia Integer (it/s) benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 51.6% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 51.5% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 86.0% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 85.6% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
Sandra Whetstone SSE2 (MFLOPS) benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 99.6% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 89.2% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
XVid video encoding - multiple processes benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 84.2% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 83.8% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
AMD Phenom II X4 960T Intel Core i3-2100 | |||||
wPrime v1.55 (32M) benchmark | |||||
| Shorter is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 77.9% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 77.6% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
Phenom II X4 960T vs Intel Core i3-2100 graphics benchmarks
Graphics benchmarks depend on the type of integrated or discrete graphics adapter, and to less extent on the processor performance. Because these benchmarks are synthetic, they may not truly represent gaming performance. However, they still can used to estimate whether one processor will perform faster or slower in games than another CPU.
AMD Phenom II X4 960T Intel Core i3-2100 | |||||
3DMark03 game score benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
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| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 20.3% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8.9% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
3DMark2001 score benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 32.8% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 23.9% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
CINEBENCH R10 OpenGL score benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 30.3% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 22.6% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
Phenom II X4 960T vs Intel Core i3-2100 memory performance
Memory-intensive tests or programs move large amounts of data to/from memory, and they depend more on memory throughput and the size of on-chip caches, rather than on CPU integer/FP/SIMD performance.
AMD Phenom II X4 960T Intel Core i3-2100 | |||||
7Zip compressing/decompressing speed benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
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| 100% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 78.1% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 77.3% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
CrystalMark Memory benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 89.1% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 79.1% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
PCMark2002 Memory score benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 99.2% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 78.1% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
WinRAR compressing/decompressing speed benchmark | |||||
| Longer is better | MB | RAM | VID | ||
| 100% | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 98.4% | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 97.7% | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
CPUIDs
The table below compares two random CPUID records for AMD Phenom II X4 960T and Intel Core i3-2100 microprocessors, that were submitted to our CPUID database. Please note that different steppings of Intel processors, identified by S-spec numbers or CPUID, may have slightly different features. For that reason the comparison table below only applies to CPUs with specific S-Spec number / CPUID.
| CPUID 1 | CPUID 2 | |
| Manufacturer | AMD | Intel |
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| CPU Family | Phenom II X4 | Core i3 |
| Model / Processor Number | 960T | i3-2100 |
| Frequency | 2993 MHz | 3110 MHz |
| CWID version | 0.4 | |
| Part number | HD96ZTWFK4DGR | CM8062301061600 |
| S-Spec / Stepping Code | ACBBE CB 1013APMW | SR05C |
| General information | ||
| Vendor | AuthenticAMD | GenuineIntel |
| Processor name (BIOS) | AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 960T Processor | Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2100 CPU @ 3.10GHz |
| Cores | Phenom II(tm) X4 960T | 2 |
| Logical processors | 4 | |
| Processor type | 4 | Original OEM Processor |
| CPUID signature | Original OEM Processor | 206A7 |
| Family | PH-E0 | 6 (06h) |
| Model | 100FA0 | 42 (02Ah) |
| Stepping | 16 (010h) | 7 (07h) |
| TLB/Cache details | 10 (0Ah) | 64-byte Prefetching Data TLB0: 2-MB or 4-MB pages, 4-way associative, 32 entries Data TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries Instruction TLB: 4-KB pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries L2 TLB: 1-MB, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size Shared 2nd-level TLB: 4 KB pages, 4-way set associative, 512 entries |
| Stepping | 0 (00h) | |
| Cache | ||
| L1 data: Associativity | 2-way set associative | 8-way set associative |
| L1 data: Comments | Direct-mapped | |
| L1 data: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L1 data: Lines per tag | 1 | |
| L1 data: Size | 4 x 64 KB | 2 x 32 KB |
| L1 instruction: Associativity | 2-way set associative | 8-way set associative |
| L1 instruction: Comments | Direct-mapped | |
| L1 instruction: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L1 instruction: Lines per tag | 1 | |
| L1 instruction: Size | 4 x 64 KB | 2 x 32 KB |
| L2: Associativity | 16-way set associative | 8-way set associative |
| L2: Comments | Non-inclusive|Direct-mapped | |
| L2: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L2: Lines per tag | 1 | |
| L2: Size | 4 x 512 KB | 2 x 256 KB |
| L3: Associativity | 48-way set associative | 12-way set associative |
| L3: Comments | Inclusive|Shared between all cores | |
| L3: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L3: Lines per tag | 1 | |
| L3: Size | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| Instruction set extensions | ||
| 3DNow! | + | - |
| AMD extensions to MMX | + | - |
| AVX | - | + |
| Extensions to 3DNow! | + | - |
| MMX | + | |
| SSE | + | |
| SSE2 | + | |
| SSE3 | + | |
| SSE4.1 | - | + |
| SSE4.2 | - | + |
| SSE4A | + | - |
| SSSE3 | - | + |
| Additional instructions | ||
| Advanced Bit manipulation | + | - |
| CLFLUSH | + | |
| CMOV | + | |
| CMPXCHG16B | + | |
| CMPXCHG8B | + | |
| FXSAVE/FXRSTORE | + | |
| MONITOR/MWAIT | + | |
| PCLMULDQ | - | + |
| POPCNT | + | |
| PREFETCH/PREFETCHW | + | - |
| RDTSCP | + | |
| SKINIT / STGI support | + | - |
| SYSCALL/SYSRET | + | - |
| SYSENTER/SYSEXIT | + | |
| XSAVE / XRESTORE states | - | + |
| Major features | ||
| 64-bit / Intel 64 | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep | - | + |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| Intel Virtualization | - | + |
| NX bit/XD-bit | + | |
| On-chip Floating Point Unit | + | |
| PowerNow! / Cool'n'Quiet | + | - |
| Secure Virtual Machine (Virtualization) | + | - |
| Turbo Core | + | - |
| Other features | ||
| 1 GB large page support | + | - |
| 100MHz multiplier control | + | - |
| 128-bit SSE instructions | + | - |
| 36-bit page-size extensions | + | |
| 64-bit debug store | - | + |
| Advanced programmable interrupt controller | + | |
| CPL qualified debug store | - | + |
| Core multi-processing legacy mode | + | - |
| Debug store | - | + |
| Debugging extensions | + | |
| Digital Thermal Sensor capability | - | + |
| Extended APIC space | + | - |
| Hardware P-state control | + | - |
| Hardware thermal control | + | - |
| Instruction based sampling | + | - |
| LAHF / SAHF support in 64-bit mode | + | |
| LBR virtualization | + | - |
| LOCK MOV CR0 means MOV CR8 | + | - |
| Machine check architecture | + | |
| Machine check exception | + | |
| Memory-type range registers | + | |
| Misaligned SSE mode | + | - |
| Model-specific registers | + | |
| Nested page tables | + | - |
| OS visible workaround | + | - |
| Page attribute table | + | |
| Page global extension | + | |
| Page-size extensions (4MB pages) | + | |
| Pending break enable | - | + |
| Perfmon and Debug capability | - | + |
| Physical address extensions | + | |
| Power Limit Notification capability | - | + |
| Process context identifiers | - | + |
| SVM lock | + | - |
| Self-snoop | - | + |
| Software thermal control | + | - |
| Support for NRIP save | + | - |
| THERMTRIP | + | - |
| TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states | + | |
| Temperature sensor | + | - |
| Thermal monitor | - | + |
| Thermal monitor 2 | - | + |
| Thermal monitor and software controlled clock facilities | - | + |
| Time stamp counter | + | |
| Timestamp counter deadline | - | + |
| Virtual 8086-mode enhancements | + | |
| Watchdog timer support | + | - |
| xTPR Update Control | - | + |
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