Phenom II X4 980 BE vs Phenom II X4 N970

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 N970 and Phenom II X4 980 BE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2449not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series4x AMD Phenom IIno data
Power efficiency2.81no data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Deneb (2009−2011)
Release date16 December 2010 (14 years ago)3 May 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 N970 and Phenom II X4 980 BE 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 data3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache512 KB128 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data258 mm2
Number of transistorsno data758 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 N970 and Phenom II X4 980 BE 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
SocketS1AM3
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt125 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and Phenom II X4 980 BE are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and Phenom II X4 980 BE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and Phenom II X4 980 BE.

PCIe versionno data2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 December 2010 3 May 2011
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 125 Watt

Phenom II X4 N970 has 257.1% lower power consumption.

Phenom II X4 980 BE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 N970 and Phenom II X4 980 BE. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Phenom II X4 N970 is a notebook processor while Phenom II X4 980 BE is a desktop one.


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