AMD Athlon X4 970 vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T BE

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 970 and AMD Phenom II X4 960T BE 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon X4 970

AMD Phenom II X4 960T BE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 970

CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 18% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1700 vs 1299
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3811 vs 2353

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 July 2017 vs June 2010
Maximum frequency	4 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1700 vs 1299
PassMark - CPU mark	3811 vs 2353

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 970
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 960T BE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1700

1299

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3811

2353

Name	AMD Athlon X4 970	AMD Phenom II X4 960T BE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1700	1299
PassMark - CPU mark	3811	2353
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		435
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1359
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.563
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		13.634
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.224
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		4.98

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 970	AMD Phenom II X4 960T BE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge	Zosma
Family	AMD Athlon Processors	AMD Phenom
Launch date	27 July 2017	June 2010
OPN PIB	AD970XAUABBOX	HD96ZTWFGRBOX
OPN Tray	AD970XAUM44AB	HD96ZTWFK4DGR
Place in performance rating	1499	2863
Series	AMD Athlon X4	AMD Phenom II X4 Black
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.8 GHz	3 GHz
Die size	246 mm	346 mm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	512 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C
Maximum frequency	4 GHz	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	4
Transistor count	1178 million	904 million
Unlocked
L3 cache		6144 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature		71°C
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	95 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™)