AMD Phenom II N960 vs AMD A6-5200M

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II N960 and AMD A6-5200M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization.

AMD Phenom II N960

AMD A6-5200M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-5200M

Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Phenom II N960	AMD A6-5200M
Essentials
Family	AMD Phenom	AMD A-Series Processors
OPN Tray	HMP960SGR42GM	AM5200IAJ44HM
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Series	AMD Phenom II Quad-Core Mobile Processors	AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
Base frequency	1.8 GHz	2 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
Maximum core temperature	100°C
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
Manufacturing process technology		28 nm
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3
Max memory channels		1
Compatibility
Sockets supported	S1	FT3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	25 Watt
Graphics
Enduro
Processor graphics		AMD Radeon HD 8400
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan
Advanced Technologies
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0