AMD Athlon X4 970 Processor

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Athlon X4 970 is a desktop processor from AMD released on 27 July 2017, and it is in active production status now. It belongs to Athlon family and has a Bristol Ridge architecture. This processor is built on AMD Socket AM4, and uses unknown PCI express connection. 28 nm process is used in production.

Processor has 4 cores and 4 threads, with the base frequency of 3.8 GHz. It has DDR4 Dual-channel memory support. As for the cache, it supports L1 128K (per core) and L2 512K (per core).

Learn more about AMD Athlon X4 970:

Specifications

Vertical Segment
Desktop
Release date
27 July 2017
Production status
Active
Generation
Athlon
Codename
Bristol Ridge
Socket
AMD Socket AM4
Total Cores
4
Total Threads
4
Frequency
3.8 GHz
Turbo clock
up to 4 GHz
Cache L1
128K (per core)
Cache L2
512K (per core)
TDP
65 W

Physical Specifications

Socket
AMD Socket AM4
Process size
28 nm
Transistors
1,178 million
Die size
246 mm²
Package
µPGA
tCaseMax
74°C

Performance

Frequency
3.8 GHz
Turbo clock
up to 4 GHz
Base clock
100 MHz
Multiplier
38.0x
Multiplier unlocked
Yes
Voltage
1.475 V
TDP
65 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment
Desktop
Production status
Active
Release date
27 July 2017
Codename
Bristol Ridge
Generation
Athlon
Part
AD970XAUM44AB
Memory support
DDR4 Dual-channel
ECC memory
No

Cores

Total Cores
4
Total Threads
4
SMP # CPUs
1
Integrated graphics
N/A

Cache

Cache L1
128K (per core)
Cache L2
512K (per core)

Notes

Notes
This processor comes with an unlocked base clock multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

Features & Technologies

  • MMX
  • SSE
  • SSE2
  • SSE3
  • SSE4A
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AES
  • AVX
  • AVX2
  • BMI1
  • BMI2
  • F16C
  • FMA3
  • AMD64
  • EVP
  • AMD-V
  • 3DNow!
  • SSE4
  • FMA4
  • TBM
  • XOP
  • Turbo Core

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