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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:
3673rd fastest in multithreading out of 5439 CPUs
3855th fastest in single threading out of 5439 CPUs
834th fastest in out of 1513 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 6th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 5th of November 2025


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

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of November 2025.

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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 6th of November 2025 - 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
2,095 (+21.3%)
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
1,319 (-23.7%)
Intel Core i7-620M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,974 (+14.3%)
Intel Core i3-4010U @ 1.70GHz vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,663 (-3.8%)
AMD Phenom II N930 Quad-Core vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,584 (-8.4%)
Intel Core i5-480M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,326 (-23.2%)
Intel Core i3-380M @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,212 (-29.9%)
Intel Celeron N3450 @ 1.10GHz vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,985 (+14.9%)
Intel Core i5-580M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,978 (+14.4%)
Intel Core i5-2410M @ 2.30GHz vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,953 (+13.0%)
Intel Core i5-560M @ 2.67GHz vs AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
1,893 (+9.5%)

Is the AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 6th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
9,892
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
9,614
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
9,113
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
9,064
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX
8,034
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
8,025
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
7,806
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
7,301
Intel Core i9-14900HX
6,985
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
6,756
Intel Core i9-13980HX
6,721
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390
6,704
AMD Phenom II N970 Quad-Core
197