Phenom II X3 N870 vs Athlon X2 QL-65

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 QL-65 and Phenom II X3 N870 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2414
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD Athlon3x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiencyno data2.87
Architecture codenameLion (2008−2009)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date1 September 2009 (15 years ago)16 December 2010 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 QL-65 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 cores2 (Dual-core)3 (Tri-Core)
Threads23
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz3600 MHz
L1 cache256 KB384 KB
L2 cache1 MB1.5 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 QL-65 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 configuration1no data
SocketS1g2S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-65 and Phenom II X3 N870. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions65 nm, 1.075 - 1.12586x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-V
PowerNow+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 QL-65 and Phenom II X3 N870 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 QL-65 and Phenom II X3 N870. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2009 16 December 2010
Physical cores 2 3
Threads 2 3
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm

Phenom II X3 N870 has an age advantage of 1 year, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

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