Ryzen 7 4800H vs Phenom II X4 N970

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Aggregate performance score

Phenom II X4 N970
2010
4 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
1.06
Ryzen 7 4800H
2020
8 cores / 16 threads, 45 Watt
11.98
+1030%

Ryzen 7 4800H outperforms Phenom II X4 N970 by a whopping 1030% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X4 N970 and Ryzen 7 4800H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2395637
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series4x AMD Phenom IIAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Renoir-H (Zen 2) (2020)
Release date16 December 2010 (13 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 N970 and Ryzen 7 4800H 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads416
Base clock speedno data2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
Multiplierno data29
L1 cache512 KB512 KB
L2 cache2 MB4 MB
L3 cacheno data8 MB
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data156 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data9800 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 N970 and Ryzen 7 4800H 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1FP6
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and Ryzen 7 4800H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and Ryzen 7 4800H are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and Ryzen 7 4800H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Maximum memory bandwidthno data68.27 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 N970 and Ryzen 7 4800H.

PCIe versionno data3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Phenom II X4 N970 1.06
Ryzen 7 4800H 11.98
+1030%

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 N970 1647
Ryzen 7 4800H 18529
+1025%

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 N970 263
Ryzen 7 4800H 1489
+466%

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 N970 934
Ryzen 7 4800H 6089
+552%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Phenom II X4 N970 1861
Ryzen 7 4800H 5684
+205%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Phenom II X4 N970 6811
Ryzen 7 4800H 37276
+447%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Phenom II X4 N970 3043
Ryzen 7 4800H 12683
+317%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Phenom II X4 N970 17.8
Ryzen 7 4800H 3.38
+427%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Phenom II X4 N970 3
Ryzen 7 4800H 21
+744%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.06 11.98
Recency 16 December 2010 6 January 2020
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

Phenom II X4 N970 has 28.6% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 4800H, on the other hand, has a 1030.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 7 4800H is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X4 N970 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X4 N970 and Ryzen 7 4800H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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