AMD Phenom II X3 N870 vs Intel Pentium J2850

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Combined performance score

Pentium J2850
0.66

Phenom II X3 N870 outperforms Pentium J2850 by 65% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Pentium J2850 and Phenom II X3 N870 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking25922262
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium3x AMD Phenom II
Architecture codenameBay Trail-D (2013)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date1 September 2013 (10 years old)16 December 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$94no data
Current price$180 (1.9x MSRP)no data

Technical specs

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 cores4 (Quad-Core)3 (Tri-Core)
Threads43
Base clock speed2.41 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus supportno data3600 MHz
L1 cache224 KB384 KB
L2 cache2 MB1.5 MB
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography22 nm45 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

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 configuration1no data
SocketFCBGA1170S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt35 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 extensionsno data86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-V, DDR3-1333 memory controller
AES-NI-no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
SIPP-no data
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno 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
Identity Protection-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-Vno data+
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 typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Seriesno data
Graphics max frequency854 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

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

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

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

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes4no data

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.66 1.09
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

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


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