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AMD Phenom X4 9700
CPUBoss recommends the AMD Phenom X4 9700 based on its .
See full details AMD Phenom X4 9700 vs Athlon II X4 620 |
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CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 9700 vs 620 among desktop CPUs (over 75W)
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 | |
| 8.9 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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| CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Phenom X4 9700 vs the Athlon II X4 620. | |||||||
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| CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Athlon II X4 620 vs the Phenom X4 9700. | |||||||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Phenom X4 9700 vs Athlon II X4 620
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Reviews Word on the street
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Phenom X4 9700 | vs | Athlon II X4 620 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 2.6 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Quad core | |
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 | |
bus | |||
| Clock speed | 2,000 MHz | 2,000 MHz | |
details | Phenom X4 9700 | vs | Athlon II X4 620 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 4 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 0.5 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 0.13 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 65 nm | 45 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 61°C | Unknown - 71°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.73 GHz | 3.5 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.5 GHz | 2.6 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.73 GHz | 3.5 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 125W | 95W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 30.11 $/year | 59.83 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 109.5 $/year | 153.3 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 3.05 pt/W | 0.73 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 101.56W | 159W | |
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