Mobile Pentium 4 552 vs Phenom II X3 N870

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X3 N870 and Mobile Pentium 4 552 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2315not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series3x AMD Phenom IIMobile Pentium 4
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Prescott (2001−2005)
Release date16 December 2010 (13 years ago)no data

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X3 N870 and Mobile Pentium 4 552 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 cores3 (Tri-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads31
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz3.46 GHz
Bus support3600 MHz533 MHz
L1 cache384 KBno data
L2 cache1.5 MBno data
Chip lithography45 nm90 nm
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 N870 and Mobile Pentium 4 552 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.

SocketS1 (S1g4)no data
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt88 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and Mobile Pentium 4 552. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-V, DDR3-1333 memory controllerno data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and Mobile Pentium 4 552 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and Mobile Pentium 4 552. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 3 1
Threads 3 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 88 Watt

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