Phenom II X2 N640 vs Phenom II X3 N870

Place in performance ranking	2279	2392
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	3x AMD Phenom II	2x AMD Phenom II
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	16 December 2010 (13 years ago)	1 October 2010 (13 years ago)

Technical specs

Phenom II X3 N870 and Phenom II X2 N640 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	2.9 GHz
Bus support	3600 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	384 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1.5 MB	2 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 N870 and Phenom II X2 N640 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.

Socket	S1 (S1g4)	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and Phenom II X2 N640. 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	DDR3 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Vurtualization
VirusProtect	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and Phenom II X2 N640 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and Phenom II X2 N640. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

Phenom II X3 N870 1.09
+17.2%

Phenom II X2 N640 0.93

Phenom II X3 N870 outperforms Phenom II X2 N640 by 17% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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%

Phenom II X3 N870 2
+18.1%

Phenom II X2 N640 2

Phenom II X3 N870 outperforms Phenom II X2 N640 by 18% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.