Phenom II X3 N870 vs A10-4600M

Place in performance ranking	2287	2388
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	3x AMD Phenom II
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	15 May 2012 (12 years ago)	16 December 2010 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A10-4600M and Phenom II X3 N870 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	3 (Tri-Core)
Threads	4	3
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus rate	no data	3600 MHz
L1 cache	192 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	1.5 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	246 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	1303 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A10-4600M and Phenom II X3 N870 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	FS1r2	S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-4600M and Phenom II X3 N870. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA	86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-V
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-4600M and Phenom II X3 N870 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-4600M and Phenom II X3 N870. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 7660G

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A10-4600M 1.26
+15.6%

Phenom II X3 N870 1.09

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

A10-4600M 2
+2.6%

Phenom II X3 N870 2

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.26	1.09
Recency	15 May 2012	16 December 2010
Physical cores	4	3
Threads	4	3
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm

A10-4600M has a 15.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

The A10-4600M is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X3 N870 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A10-4600M and Phenom II X3 N870, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.