Phenom II X4 N970 vs Phenom II X4 X920 BE

Place in the ranking	2178	2449
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	4x AMD Phenom II	4x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency	3.07	2.81
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)	16 December 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 X920 BE and Phenom II X4 N970 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
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 X920 BE and Phenom II X4 N970 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	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 X920 BE and Phenom II X4 N970. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HyperTransport 3.0, Enhanced Virus Protection, AMD64, SSE4A, unlocked multiplier	no data
VirusProtect	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 X920 BE and Phenom II X4 N970. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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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 X920 BE 1.46
+40.4%

Phenom II X4 N970 1.04

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Phenom II X4 X920 BE 1935
+4%

Phenom II X4 N970 1861

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 X920 BE 7082
+4%

Phenom II X4 N970 6811

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Phenom II X4 X920 BE 3164
+4%

Phenom II X4 N970 3043

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Phenom II X4 X920 BE 17.5
+1.7%

Phenom II X4 N970 17.8

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Phenom II X4 X920 BE 3
+4.4%

Phenom II X4 N970 3