A8-3550MX vs Phenom II X4 N970

Place in the ranking	2449	2431
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	4x AMD Phenom II	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	2.81	2.23
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Llano (2011−2012)
Release date	16 December 2010 (14 years ago)	20 December 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 N970 and A8-3550MX 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	no data	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	128K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	228 mm²
Number of transistors	no data	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 N970 and A8-3550MX 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 configuration	no data	1
Socket	S1	FS1
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and A8-3550MX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

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3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6620G

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and A8-3550MX are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and A8-3550MX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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AMD 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

A8-3550MX 1.06
+1.9%

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

A8-3550MX 1687
+2.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.04	1.06
Recency	16 December 2010	20 December 2011
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

Phenom II X4 N970 has 28.6% lower power consumption.

A8-3550MX, on the other hand, has a 1.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 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 A8-3550MX.

Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X4 N970 and A8-3550MX, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.