AMD FX-4130 vs AMD Phenom II X4 970 BE

Comparative analysis of AMD FX-4130 and AMD Phenom II X4 970 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-4130

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
• Around 11% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm SOI vs 45 nm
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 8% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 470 vs 437
• Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.229 vs 0.204

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 970 BE

• 2.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1417 vs 1339
• Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2739 vs 2696
• Around 18% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1485 vs 1261
• Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 12.098 vs 10.421

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD FX-4130
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 970 BE

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1339 1417
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2696 2739
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	470 437
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1261 1485
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	CPU 1 CPU 2	10.421 12.098
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	CPU 1 CPU 2	0.229 0.204

Compare specifications (specs)