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AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core

Benchmarks for the AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]

AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: S1

Clockspeed: 2.2 GHz

Cores: 4 Threads: 4

Typical TDP: 35 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 512 KB

Other names: AMD Phenom(tm) II N970 Quad-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2011

CPUmark/$Price: 11.52

Overall Rank:
3808th fastest in multithreading out of 5788 CPUs
3966th fastest in single threading out of 5788 CPUs
860th fastest in out of 1610 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: $149.99 USD (2015-09-04)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1728
Single Thread Rating
912

Samples: 143*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,439
Thread: 716

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core

Integer Math5,251 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math3,917 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers8 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting4,912 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption455.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression38,783 KBytes/Sec
Physics153 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions872 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread912 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of February 2026


Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of February 2026.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H
25,262
Apple M4 10 Core
23,702
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
20,621
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
19,755
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
18,010
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
16,479
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,133
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
10,596
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
9,393
AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,728
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H
55.28
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
50.01
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
30.40
AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
11.52
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
11.04
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
NA
Apple M4 10 Core
NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Apple M4 10 Core
4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,676
Intel Core i7-12700H
3,505
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz
3,023
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
3,003
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
2,887
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
2,616
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
2,587
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz
2,391
AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
912
Last 5 Baselines for AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2958104 - Oct 07 2025
1918
BL5094897 - May 21 2025
1948
BL2025996 - Feb 16 2024
1910
BL1709282 - Jan 01 2023
1784
BL1504170 - Jan 26 2022
1653
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,728
Intel Core i7-640M @ 2.80GHz vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
2,102 (+21.6%)
AMD Phenom II N950 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,616 (-6.5%)
Intel Core i5-460M @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,318 (-23.7%)
Intel Core i7-620M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,980 (+14.6%)
Intel Core i3-4010U @ 1.70GHz vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,661 (-3.9%)
AMD Phenom II N930 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,580 (-8.5%)
Intel Core i5-480M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,328 (-23.2%)
Intel Core i3-380M @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,211 (-29.9%)
Intel Core i5-580M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,987 (+15.0%)
Intel Celeron N3450 @ 1.10GHz vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,976 (+14.4%)
Intel Core i5-2410M @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,958 (+13.3%)
Intel Core i5-560M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,894 (+9.6%)

Is the AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 16th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
9,775
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
9,410
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
8,991
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
8,984
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
7,912
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX
7,876
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
7,759
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
7,303
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX
6,904
AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392
6,807
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390
6,756
AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
197