Phenom II X3 N870 vs Athlon II P340

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II P340 and Phenom II X3 N870 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	2306
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon II	3x AMD Phenom II
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	4 October 2010 (13 years ago)	16 December 2010 (13 years ago)
Current price	$169	no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon II P340 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	2 (Dual-core)	3 (Tri-Core)
Threads	2	3
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus support	3200 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1.5 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II P340 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.

Socket	S1g4	S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II P340 and Phenom II X3 N870. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

SSE-3, SSE4A, 3DNow!, MMX, DEP, SVM

86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-V, DDR3-1333 memory controller

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II P340 and Phenom II X3 N870 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II P340 and Phenom II X3 N870. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR3

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 October 2010	16 December 2010
Physical cores	2	3
Threads	2	3
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

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