Phenom II X4 N970 vs A10-5745M

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Aggregate performance score

A10-5745M
2013
4 cores / 4 threads, 25 Watt
1.12
+7.7%
Phenom II X4 N970
2010
4 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
1.04

A10-5745M outperforms Phenom II X4 N970 by a small 8% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A10-5745M and Phenom II X4 N970 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24042449
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-Series4x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency4.242.81
Architecture codenameRichland (2013−2014)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date1 June 2013 (11 years ago)16 December 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A10-5745M and Phenom II X4 N970 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.9 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)512 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)71 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A10-5745M and Phenom II X4 N970 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 configuration1no data
SocketFP2S1
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-5745M and Phenom II X4 N970. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMAno data
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-5745M and Phenom II X4 N970 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-5745M and Phenom II X4 N970. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 8610G (533 - 626 MHz)no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A10-5745M 1.12
+7.7%
Phenom II X4 N970 1.04

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A10-5745M 1782
+8.2%
Phenom II X4 N970 1647

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A10-5745M 278
+5.7%
Phenom II X4 N970 263

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A10-5745M 614
Phenom II X4 N970 934
+52.1%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

A10-5745M 2065
+11%
Phenom II X4 N970 1861

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

A10-5745M 5480
Phenom II X4 N970 6811
+24.3%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

A10-5745M 2745
Phenom II X4 N970 3043
+10.8%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

A10-5745M 34.97
Phenom II X4 N970 17.8
+96.5%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

A10-5745M 2
Phenom II X4 N970 3
+30.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.12 1.04
Recency 1 June 2013 16 December 2010
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 35 Watt

A10-5745M has a 7.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 40% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between A10-5745M and Phenom II X4 N970.


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