Athlon II X2 270u vs Pentium J3710
Primary details
Comparing Pentium J3710 and Athlon II X2 270u processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | 2483 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.03 | no data |
Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
Series | Intel Pentium | no data |
Architecture codename | Airmont (2016) | Regor (2009−2013) |
Release date | 10 January 2016 (8 years ago) | 21 September 2010 (13 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $161 | $68 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Pentium J3710 and Athlon II X2 270u 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
Threads | 4 | 2 |
Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 2.64 GHz | 2 GHz |
Bus type | IDI | no data |
L1 cache | no data | 128 KB |
L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
Die size | no data | 117 mm2 |
Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
Number of transistors | no data | 410 million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium J3710 and Athlon II X2 270u 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 (Uniprocessor) | 1 |
Socket | FCBGA1170 | AM3 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 6.5 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium J3710 and Athlon II X2 270u. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
AES-NI | + | - |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
Smart Response | - | no data |
GPIO | + | no data |
Smart Connect | - | no data |
Status | Discontinued | no data |
HD Audio | + | no data |
RST | - | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium J3710 and Athlon II X2 270u technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | - | no data |
EDB | + | no data |
Secure Boot | + | no data |
Secure Key | + | no data |
Identity Protection | + | - |
OS Guard | - | no data |
Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium J3710 and Athlon II X2 270u are enumerated here.
VT-d | - | no data |
VT-x | + | no data |
VT-i | - | no data |
EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium J3710 and Athlon II X2 270u. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3L-1600 | DDR2, DDR3 |
Maximum memory size | 8 GB | no data |
Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Max video memory | 8 GB | no data |
Quick Sync Video | + | - |
Clear Video | + | no data |
Clear Video HD | + | no data |
Graphics max frequency | 740 MHz | no data |
Execution Units | 18 | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium J3710 and Athlon II X2 270u integrated GPUs.
Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
eDP | + | no data |
DisplayPort | + | - |
HDMI | + | - |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium J3710 and Athlon II X2 270u integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
DirectX | + | no data |
OpenGL | + | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium J3710 and Athlon II X2 270u.
PCIe version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
PCI Express lanes | 4 | no data |
USB revision | 2.0/3.0 | no data |
Total number of SATA ports | 5 | no data |
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | 2 | no data |
Number of USB ports | 5 | no data |
Integrated LAN | - | no data |
UART | + | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 10 January 2016 | 21 September 2010 |
Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
Threads | 4 | 2 |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 25 Watt |
Pentium J3710 has an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 316.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Pentium J3710 and Athlon II X2 270u. We've got no test results to judge.
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