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AMD Phenom II X4 N970 vs AMD Phenom II X4 N950

AMD Phenom II X4 N970

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The AMD Phenom II X4 N970 Quad Core is a laptop CPU clocked at 2.2 GHz. Due to a missing Turbo and no level 3 cache, the performance of the N970 should be between a Core i3-330M and a Core 2 Quad Q9000. Compared to desktop CPUs, the Phenom II laptop CPUs are similar to the desktop Athlon II processors because of the missing level 3 cache. Therefore, the N970 is similar to a low clocked Athlon II X4 CPU produced in 45nm SOI.

The Phenom II includes an integrated memory controller for DDR3 (max. 1333) main memory. It supports MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A.

AMD Phenom II X4 N950

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The AMD Phenom II X4 N950 Quad Core is a laptop CPU clocked at 2.1 GHz. Due to a missing Turbo and no level 3 cache, the performance of the N950 should be only on par with a Core 2 Quad Q9000. Compared to desktop CPUs, the Phenom II laptop CPUs are similar to the desktop Athlon II processors because of the missing level 3 cache. Therefore, the N950 is similar to a low clocked Athlon II X4 CPU produced in 45nm SOI.

The Phenom II includes an integrated memory controller for DDR3 (max. 1333) main memory. It supports MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A.

ModelAMD Phenom II X4 N970AMD Phenom II X4 N950
SeriesAMD Phenom II X4AMD Phenom II X4
CodenameChamplainChamplain
Series: Phenom II X4 Champlain
AMD Phenom II X4 X940 BE compare2.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Phenom II X4 X920 BE compare2.3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Phenom II X4 N970 « 2.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Phenom II X4 N9502.1 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Phenom II X4 N930 compare2 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Phenom II X4 P960 compare1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Phenom II X4 P940 compare1.7 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Phenom II X4 P920 compare1.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Phenom II X4 X940 BE compare2.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Phenom II X4 X920 BE compare2.3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Phenom II X4 N9702.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Phenom II X4 N950 « 2.1 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Phenom II X4 N930 compare2 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Phenom II X4 P960 compare1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Phenom II X4 P940 compare1.7 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD Phenom II X4 P920 compare1.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
Clock2200 MHz2100 MHz
FSB36003600
L1 Cache512 KB512 KB
L2 Cache2 MB2 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 4
TDP35 Watt35 Watt
Technology45 nm45 nm
SocketS1S1
Architecturex86x86
Announced

Benchmarks

Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 N970 +
2.5 Points (3%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
100%
N970 +
1861 Points (11%)
1816 Points (11%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
100%
N970 +
min: 6795     avg: 6811     median: 6810.5 (5%)     max: 6826 Points
6554 Points (5%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
100%
1 N970 +
8347 Points (6%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
100%
1 N970 +
2327 Points (3%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
N970 +
min: 543     avg: 549     median: 548.5 (6%)     max: 554 s
100%
N950 +
564 s (7%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
N970 +
17.8 s (4%)
100%
N950 +
17.8 s (4%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
100%
N970 +
min: 3039     avg: 3043     median: 3042.5 (6%)     max: 3046 Points
2974 Points (6%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
100%
N970 +
min: 34.7     avg: 35     median: 35 (8%)     max: 35.3 s
100%
N950 +
36.8 s (8%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
N970 +
min: 79.6     avg: 80.3     median: 80.3 (3%)     max: 80.9 s
100%
N950 +
84.1 s (4%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 N970 +
1883 s (8%)
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) - SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
100%
N970 +
32130 MIPS (15%)
30340 MIPS (14%)
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) - SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
100%
N970 +
25330 MFLOPS (19%)
24300 MFLOPS (19%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 CPU
100%
N970 +
6.9 Points (88%)
100%
N950 +
6.9 Points (88%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
100%
1 N970 +
7282 Points (6%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
100%
1 N970 +
1940 Points (5%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Phenom II X4 N970 → 100% n=10

Average Benchmarks AMD Phenom II X4 N950 → 98% n=10

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