AMD Athlon X4 970 vs AMD Phenom II X4 910e

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 970 and AMD Phenom II X4 910e processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 970

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • Around 54% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1616 vs 1082
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3472 vs 2131
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 July 2017 vs January 2010
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum frequency 4 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1616 vs 1082
PassMark - CPU mark 3472 vs 2131

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 970
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 910e

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1616
1082
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3472
2131
Name AMD Athlon X4 970 AMD Phenom II X4 910e
PassMark - Single thread mark 1616 1082
PassMark - CPU mark 3472 2131
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1715
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5037

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X4 970 AMD Phenom II X4 910e

Essentials

Architecture codename Bristol Ridge Deneb
Family AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date 27 July 2017 January 2010
OPN PIB AD970XAUABBOX
OPN Tray AD970XAUM44AB
Place in performance rating 1576 1608
Series AMD Athlon X4
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $157
Price now $156.99
Value for money (0-100) 6.12

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.8 GHz
Die size 246 mm 258 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Maximum frequency 4 GHz 2.6 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 1178 million 758 million
Unlocked
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)