AMD Phenom II P960 vs N970 |
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Phenom II P960 vs N970
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Phenom II P960 | vs | N970 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 2.2 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Quad core | |
| Socket type | |||
| S1 | |||
| Is unlocked | No | No | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 25W | 35W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 6.02 $/year | 8.43 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 3.46 pt/W | 3.03 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 20.31W | 28.44W | |
details | Phenom II P960 | vs | N970 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 4 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 0 MB | 0 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 0 MB/core | 0 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 45 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 1.82 GHz | 2.2 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 1.8 GHz | 1.6 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 1.82 GHz | 2.2 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | None | |
| Label | N/A | N/A | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
| Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| 3DMark06 | N/A | N/A | |
bus | |||
| Clock speed | 1,800 MHz | 1,800 MHz | |
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