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HWZ's Overall Rating: 8.0
THE GOOD
Competitive performance
Lower power consumption than older Phenom II X4
THE BAD
Energy efficiency falls short of rival Intel processor
Product Specification
Processor Model | AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition |
Rated Processor Frequency | 3.5GHz |
Max Processor Frequency | 3.5GHz |
No. of Cores | 4 |
Base Clock | 200MHz |
Bus Type | HyperTransport 3.0 |
Bus Speed | 2.0GHz |
L1 Cache (data + instruction) | 64K of L1 instruction and 64K of L1 data cache per core |
L2 Cache | 512KB of L2 data cache per core |
L3 Cache | 6MB (shared) |
Memory Controller | Integrated Dual Channel (up to DDR3-1333) |
TDP (W) | 125W |
Instruction Set Support | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a |
Execute Disable Bit | Yes |
64-bit Processing Technology | Yes |
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST) / AMD Cool 'n' Quiet | Yes |
Virtualization Technology | AMD-V |
Packaging | Socket AM3 |
Process Technology | 45nm SOI |
Processor Codename | Deneb |
No. of Transistors | 758 million |