AMD Phenom X4 9700 2.4GHz Socket AM2+

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Should give AM2 systems a new lease of life; faster than Athlon X2s in optimised software

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Slower than Intel quad cores; relatively high power usage; first revisions are buggy

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Last revision on May 17, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Should give AM2 systems a new lease of life; faster than Athlon X2s in optimised software

Reviewers Didn't Like

Slower than Intel quad cores; relatively high power usage; first revisions are buggy

Expert reviews and ratings

Fine if you plan to upgrade a socket AM2 system, but otherwise buy a faster, cheaper and more energy-efficient Intel...

By V3.co.uk on December 12, 2007

Given that the 9700 is a fairly high-end version of the Phenom, its performance scores are disappointing. At the very least, it should be beating the likes of the E6600s and E6700s. Based on its scores notched up against the E6850, itll be unable to...

By PC Advisor on December 03, 2007

Since the launch of Intels first quad-core desktop processor over a year ago, theres been a conspicuous hole in AMDs product line up. But those days are over.Phenom, AMDs crucial new quad-core desktop chip, has finally arrived. Is it good enough...

By TechRadar on November 19, 2007

What conclusions follow from our analysis? First of all, we can draw an important conclusion that AMD Phenom (K10) and AMD Athlon 64 (K8) processors indeed contain some structure in their integrated memory controllers, which can be called a large...

By iXBT Labs on February 09, 2009

Last week I received an AMD Spider system which has a quad-core Phenom 9700 2.4GHz processor and a 256MB ATI Radeon HD 3850 graphics card. Both the processor and graphics card are samples, with the video card having a sticker that reads...

By HardwareGeeks on December 16, 2007

Man .. this is a really difficult conclusion. I feel that the Phenom really is an adequate enough processor, the problem is that Intel released its core technology much sooner than AMD could release Barcelona/Phenom. The Phenom 9700 as tested today...

By Guru of 3D on December 03, 2007

Today marks a historic occasion for AMD. After delays of more than a year, the company can finally present its new, highly anticipated processor - and not a moment too soon. AMD needs a fresh product. While this CPU was originally meant as a...

By Tom's Hardware UK on November 19, 2007

After a 1 year+ delay, AMD has released its first quad-core CPU, the Phenom, along with a new platform, Spyder. We ran all 3 Phenom models through our extensive benchmark suite. Check it...

By Tom's Hardware on November 19, 2007

There are a few interesting performance characteristics to summarize in regard to AMD’s new Phenom processors. First, in comparison to similarly clocked Athlon 64 X2 processors, the Phenoms showed some significant performance gains in the...

By HotHardware on November 19, 2007