i9-10880H vs Phenom II X4 N970

Place in the ranking	2449	835
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	4x AMD Phenom II	Intel Comet Lake
Power efficiency	2.80	19.29
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Comet Lake-H (2020)
Release date	16 December 2010 (14 years ago)	2 April 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 N970 and Core i9-10880H 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	16
Base clock speed	no data	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	5.1 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	no data	16 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 N970 and Core i9-10880H 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.

Socket	S1	FCBGA1440
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and Core i9-10880H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and Core i9-10880H are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and Core i9-10880H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1200 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

i9-10880H 9.22
+787%

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

i9-10880H 14642
+789%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.04	9.22
Recency	16 December 2010	2 April 2020
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	4	16
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

Phenom II X4 N970 has 28.6% lower power consumption.

i9-10880H, on the other hand, has a 786.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i9-10880H is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X4 N970 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X4 N970 and Core i9-10880H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.