Mobile Pentium III 600 vs Phenom II X3 P820

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Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X3 P820 and Mobile Pentium III 600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2754not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series3x AMD Phenom IIno data
Power efficiency2.50no data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Coppermine (1999−2001)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)18 January 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$423

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X3 P820 and Mobile Pentium III 600 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 speed1.8 GHz0.6 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache384 KB32 KB
L2 cache1.5 MB256 KB
Chip lithography45 nm180 nm
Die sizeno data106 mm2
Number of transistorsno data28 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 P820 and Mobile Pentium III 600 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1Intel Micro-BGA2
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt21 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 P820 and Mobile Pentium III 600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsVirtualization, AMD64, Advanced Virus Protection, SSE(1,2,3,4a)no data
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 P820 and Mobile Pentium III 600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 P820 and Mobile Pentium III 600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 May 2010 18 January 2000
Physical cores 3 1
Threads 3 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 21 Watt

Phenom II X3 P820 has an age advantage of 10 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

Mobile Pentium III 600, on the other hand, has 19% lower power consumption.

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