Phenom II X2 P650 vs Phenom II X4 N970

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 N970 and Phenom II X2 P650 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2449not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series4x AMD Phenom II2x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency2.81no data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date16 December 2010 (14 years ago)19 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 N970 and Phenom II X2 P650 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
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz3600 MHz
L1 cache512 KB256 KB
L2 cache2 MB2 MB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 N970 and Phenom II X2 P650 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.

SocketS1S1
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and Phenom II X2 P650. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataHyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Vurtualization
VirusProtect-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and Phenom II X2 P650. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 December 2010 19 October 2010
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 25 Watt

Phenom II X4 N970 has an age advantage of 1 month, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Phenom II X2 P650, on the other hand, has 40% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 N970 and Phenom II X2 P650. We've got no test results to judge.


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