E-350 vs Phenom II X3 N870
Primary details
Comparing Phenom II X3 N870 and E-350 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2415 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 3x AMD Phenom II | AMD E-Series |
| Power efficiency | 2.87 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Zacate (2011−2013) |
| Release date | 16 December 2010 (13 years ago) | 4 January 2011 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X3 N870 and E-350 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 3 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1.5 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 40 nm |
| Die size | no data | 75 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 90 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X3 N870 and E-350 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 (S1g4) | FT1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 18 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and E-350. 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 | MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and E-350 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and E-350. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon HD 6310 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 3 | 2 |
| Threads | 3 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 18 Watt |
Phenom II X3 N870 has 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.
E-350, on the other hand, has a 12.5% more advanced lithography process, and 94.4% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Phenom II X3 N870 and E-350. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X3 N870 and E-350, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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