AMD Phenom II X4 N970 vs AMD Athlon Neo MV-40

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 N970 and AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, 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 Phenom II X4 N970

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
• 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
• 3 more threads: 4 vs 1
• Around 38% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
• Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 85% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 904 vs 488
• 6.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1687 vs 278
• Around 29% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 930 vs 719

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Neo MV-40

• 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
• 3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 777 vs 256

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 N970
CPU 2: AMD Athlon Neo MV-40

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	904 488
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1687 278
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	256 777
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	930 719

Compare specifications (specs)