AMD Phenom II X4 N970 vs AMD Turion II P540

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 N970 and AMD Turion II P540 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 7 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
• 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 65% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1687 vs 1021
• Around 57% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 930 vs 594

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II P540

• Around 9% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
• Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
• Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 957 vs 904
• Around 21% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 309 vs 256

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 N970
CPU 2: AMD Turion II P540

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	904 957
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1687 1021
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	256 309
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	930 594

Compare specifications (specs)