Phenom II X3 N870 vs Core 2 Extreme QX9300

Place in performance ranking	2271	2313
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Core 2 Extreme	3x AMD Phenom II
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	August 2008 (15 years ago)	16 December 2010 (13 years ago)
Current price	$844	no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Extreme QX9300 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	2.53 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.53 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus support	1066 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	12 MB	1.5 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	2x 107 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No
VID voltage range	1.05V-1.175V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Extreme QX9300 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	2	no data
Socket	PGA478	S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Extreme QX9300 and Phenom II X3 N870. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-V, DDR3-1333 memory controller
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
AMT	+	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Extreme QX9300 and Phenom II X3 N870 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Extreme QX9300 and Phenom II X3 N870 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Extreme QX9300 and Phenom II X3 N870. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

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.

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.

Core 2 Extreme QX9300 1.17
+8.3%

Phenom II X3 N870 1.08

Core 2 Extreme QX9300 outperforms Phenom II X3 N870 by 8% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Core 2 Extreme QX9300 3
+33.7%

Phenom II X3 N870 2

Core 2 Extreme QX9300 outperforms Phenom II X3 N870 by 34% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.