Pentium III 1400 vs Phenom II X3 N830

Place in the ranking	2706	3347
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	3x AMD Phenom II	no data
Power efficiency	1.89	0.37
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Tualatin (2000−2002)
Release date	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)	December 2001 (22 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X3 N830 and Pentium III 1400 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	3 (Tri-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	3	1
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	1.4 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	no data	8 KB
L2 cache	1.5 MB	256 KB
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	130 nm
Die size	no data	80 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	69 °C
Number of transistors	no data	44 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 N830 and Pentium III 1400 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	no data	1
Socket	S1	370
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Pentium III 1400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-V

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Pentium III 1400 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Pentium III 1400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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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.

Phenom II X3 N830 0.70
+483%

Pentium III 1400 0.12

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.

Phenom II X3 N830 1107
+474%

Pentium III 1400 193

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.70	0.12
Physical cores	3	1
Threads	3	1
Chip lithography	45 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	31 Watt

Phenom II X3 N830 has a 483.3% higher aggregate performance score, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 188.9% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium III 1400, on the other hand, has 12.9% lower power consumption.

The Phenom II X3 N830 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium III 1400 in performance tests.

Be aware that Phenom II X3 N830 is a notebook processor while Pentium III 1400 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X3 N830 and Pentium III 1400, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.