A8-3510MX vs Phenom II X4 N970

Aggregate performance score

Phenom II X4 N970
2010
4 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
1.04
+1%
A8-3510MX
2011
4 cores / 4 threads, 45 Watt
1.03

Phenom II X4 N970 outperforms A8-3510MX by a minimal 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 N970 and A8-3510MX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24492456
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series4x AMD Phenom IIAMD A-Series
Power efficiency2.812.17
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Llano (2011−2012)
Release date16 December 2010 (14 years ago)14 June 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 N970 and A8-3510MX 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 speedno data1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2.5 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache512 KB128 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data228 mm2
Number of transistorsno data1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 N970 and A8-3510MX 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1FS1
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and A8-3510MX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6620G

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and A8-3510MX are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and A8-3510MX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 6620G (444 MHz)

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.

Phenom II X4 N970 1.04
+1%
A8-3510MX 1.03

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.

Phenom II X4 N970 1647
+1%
A8-3510MX 1631

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.

Phenom II X4 N970 263
+12.9%
A8-3510MX 233

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.

Phenom II X4 N970 934
+48%
A8-3510MX 631

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.

Phenom II X4 N970 6811
+10.6%
A8-3510MX 6158

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.04 1.03
Recency 16 December 2010 14 June 2011
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

Phenom II X4 N970 has a 1% higher aggregate performance score, and 28.6% lower power consumption.

A8-3510MX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Phenom II X4 N970 and A8-3510MX.


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