Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 vs Phenom II X3 N870

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2418not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series3x AMD Phenom IIPentium 4-M
Power efficiency2.87no data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Northwood (2002−2004)
Release date16 December 2010 (13 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 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 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz400 MHz
L1 cache384 KBno data
L2 cache1.5 MBno data
Chip lithography45 nm130 nm
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 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 Watt30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-Vno data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7. 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 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 30 Watt

Phenom II X3 N870 has 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 188.9% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7, on the other hand, has 16.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium 4-M P4-M 1,7. We've got no test results to judge.


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