The AMD Phenom II N970 was a mobile processor with 4 cores, launched in May 2010. It is part of the Phenom II lineup, using the Champlain architecture with Socket S1G4. The processor operates at a base frequency of 2.2 GHz and features a total of 4.512 MB of L2+L3 cache. Built on a 45 nm production process, the Phenom II N970 is designed with power efficiency in mind, featuring a modest 35 W TDP, making it suitable for laptops and other mobile devices.

AMD's processor supports DDR2 and DDR3 memory with a dual-channel interface, with a maximum supported memory speed of 1800 MHz. ECC memory is not supported, as this CPU is primarily intended for consumer and mainstream mobile computing. For communication with other components in the system, the Phenom II N970 uses a HyperTransport 3.0 connection.

This processor lacks integrated graphics, meaning a dedicated GPU is required for display output. Hardware virtualization (AMD-V) is supported, improving compatibility with virtual machine workloads. The Phenom II N970 does not feature Turbo Core technology, so its clock speed remains fixed under varying workloads. While it does not support modern instruction sets like SSE4 or AVX, it remains capable of handling general computing tasks and light multimedia workloads efficiently for its era.