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AMD Phenom II X4 Black 970
CPUBoss recommends the AMD Phenom II X4 Black 970 based on its .
See full details | AMD Phenom II X4 Black 970 vs A10 7850K |
by Tech Radar (Nov, 2010)Initial impressions in multi-threaded benchmarks are good.
![]() | Has a built-in GPU Yes | ![]() | Much higher Maximum operating temperature 72.4 °C |
by PCMag (Jun, 2014)Unlike the AMD A8-7600, which was a huge advance over the AMD A8-6500T, the A10-7850K is a much more modest improvement over its last-generation counterpart.
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
Fire Strike |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more |
8.7 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
Winner |
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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Phenom II X4 Black 970 vs the A10 7850K. | |||||||
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Has a built-in GPU | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required | |||
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Much higher Maximum operating temperature | 72.4 °C | vs | 62 °C | More than 15% higher Maximum operating temperature |
summary | Phenom II X4 Black 970 | vs | A10 7850K |
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Clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.7 GHz | |
Cores | Quad core | Quad core | |
Socket type | |||
AM3 | |||
FM2+ | |||
Is unlocked | Yes | Yes | |
features | |||
Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
Instruction set extensions | |||
SSE4a | |||
SSE2 | |||
F16C | |||
MMX | |||
AVX | |||
SSE3 | |||
SSE | |||
BMI1 | |||
AMD64 | |||
SSE4.1 | |||
FMA4 | |||
FMA3 | |||
SSE4.2 | |||
AMD-V | |||
3DNow! | |||
Supplemental SSE3 | |||
AES | |||
TBM | |||
Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes |
details | Phenom II X4 Black 970 | vs | A10 7850K |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 4 | 4 | |
L2 cache | 2 MB | 4 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 45 nm | 28 nm | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 62°C | Unknown - 72.4°C | |
integrated graphics | |||
GPU | None | GPU | |
Label | N/A | Radeon™ R7 Series | |
Latest DirectX | N/A | 11.0 | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 125W | 65W | |
Annual home energy cost | 45.4 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 139.11 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 1.1 pt/W | 9.82 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 135.82W | 52.81W |
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