Pentium M 750 vs Phenom II X3 N870

Place in the ranking	2420	3202
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	3x AMD Phenom II	Pentium M
Power efficiency	2.87	no data
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Dothan (2004−2005)
Release date	16 December 2010 (13 years ago)	19 January 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium M 750 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
Base clock speed	no data	1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	1.86 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	533 MHz
L1 cache	384 KB	32 KB
L2 cache	1.5 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	90 nm
Die size	no data	87 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	no data	144 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	1.26V-1.356V

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium M 750 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)	PPGA478, H-PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	27 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium M 750. 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	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	-
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
PAE	no data	32 Bit
FSB parity	no data	-

Security technologies

Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium M 750 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium M 750 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-x	no data	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium M 750. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.06	0.21
Recency	16 December 2010	19 January 2005
Physical cores	3	1
Threads	3	1
Chip lithography	45 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	27 Watt

Phenom II X3 N870 has a 404.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium M 750, on the other hand, has 29.6% lower power consumption.

The Phenom II X3 N870 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 750 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium M 750, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.