Xeon E5450 vs Phenom II X4 N970

Aggregate performance score

Phenom II X4 N970
2010
4 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
1.04

Xeon E5450 outperforms Phenom II X4 N970 by an impressive 57% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 N970 and Xeon E5450 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24492095
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
Series4x AMD Phenom IIno data
Power efficiency2.811.93
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)no data
Release date16 December 2010 (14 years ago)1 October 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 N970 and Xeon E5450 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)no data
Threads4no data
Base clock speedno data3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHzno data
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache512 KBno data
L2 cache2 MBno data
L3 cacheno data12 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data67 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V-1.35V

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 N970 and Xeon E5450 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.

SocketS1LGA771
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and Xeon E5450. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data+
FSB parityno data+

Security technologies

Phenom II X4 N970 and Xeon E5450 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and Xeon E5450 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data+
EPTno 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.

Phenom II X4 N970 1.04
Xeon E5450 1.63
+56.7%

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
Xeon E5450 2582
+56.8%

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
Xeon E5450 389
+47.9%

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
Xeon E5450 1100
+17.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.04 1.63
Recency 16 December 2010 1 October 2007
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 80 Watt

Phenom II X4 N970 has an age advantage of 3 years, and 128.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon E5450, on the other hand, has a 56.7% higher aggregate performance score.

The Xeon E5450 is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X4 N970 in performance tests.

Be aware that Phenom II X4 N970 is a notebook processor while Xeon E5450 is a server/workstation one.


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