Phenom II X3 N870 vs Pentium J2850

Place in the ranking	2754	2418
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	3x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency	6.06	2.87
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-D (2013)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	1 September 2013 (11 years ago)	16 December 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$94	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium J2850 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	2.41 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus rate	no data	3600 MHz
L1 cache	224 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1.5 MB
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	no data
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium J2850 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	FCBGA1170	S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium J2850 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
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	-	no data
RST	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium J2850 and Phenom II X3 N870 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium J2850 and Phenom II X3 N870 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium J2850 and Phenom II X3 N870. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	no data
Graphics max frequency	854 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium J2850 and Phenom II X3 N870 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium J2850 and Phenom II X3 N870.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	4	no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.64	1.06
Recency	1 September 2013	16 December 2010
Physical cores	4	3
Threads	4	3
Chip lithography	22 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	35 Watt

Pentium J2850 has an age advantage of 2 years, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, a 104.5% more advanced lithography process, and 250% lower power consumption.

Phenom II X3 N870, on the other hand, has a 65.6% higher aggregate performance score.

The Phenom II X3 N870 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium J2850 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium J2850 and Phenom II X3 N870, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.