AMD Phenom II X3 N870: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
Summary
AMD started Phenom II X3 N870 sales 16 December 2010. This is a Champlain architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 3 cores and 3 threads, and is based on 45 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2300 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is S1 (S1g4) processor with a TDP of 35 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
It provides poor benchmark performance at 1.10% of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
General info
Phenom II X3 N870 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 2273 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | 3x AMD Phenom II | |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | |
| Release date | 16 December 2010 (13 years old) |
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 3 (Tri-Core) | |
| Threads | 3 | |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus support | 3600 MHz | |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 1.5 MB | of 36 (Apple M2 Max) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X3 N870 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.
| Socket | S1 (S1g4) | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 N870. 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, DDR3-1333 memory controller |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 N870's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Phenom II X3 N870. Overall benchmark performance 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.
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%
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Relative perfomance
Overall Phenom II X3 N870 performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook CPUs.
Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Phenom II X3 N870 is Core i3-3120M, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 6 positions in our ranking.
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Similar processors
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Phenom II X3 N870, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Phenom II X3 N870 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 44 configurations based on Phenom II X3 N870 in our database.
