C-70 vs Phenom II X4 B97

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Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 B97 and C-70 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2086not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.36no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD C-Series
Power efficiency1.59no data
Architecture codenameDeneb (2009−2011)Ontario (2011−2012)
Release date11 May 2010 (14 years ago)1 September 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$100no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 B97 and C-70 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed3.2 GHz1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz1.33 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm40 nm
Die size258 mm275 mm2
Number of transistors758 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 B97 and C-70 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketAM3FT1 BGA 413-Ball
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 B97 and C-70. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V, Radeon HD 6290 (276-400 MHz)

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 B97 and C-70 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 B97 and C-70. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3 Single-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 6290

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 B97 and C-70.

PCIe version2.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Phenom II X4 B97 2539
+706%
C-70 315

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Phenom II X4 B97 423
+327%
C-70 99

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Phenom II X4 B97 1390
+713%
C-70 171

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 May 2010 1 September 2012
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 9 Watt

Phenom II X4 B97 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

C-70, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 12.5% more advanced lithography process, and 955.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 B97 and C-70. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom II X4 B97 is a desktop processor while C-70 is a notebook one.


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