Mobile Pentium III 600 vs Phenom II X3 P820
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 ranking | 2720 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 3x AMD Phenom II | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.51 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Coppermine (1999−2001) |
| Release date | 12 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 cores | 3 (Tri-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 3 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 0.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | 32 KB |
| L2 cache | 1.5 MB | 256 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 180 nm |
| Die size | no data | 106 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 28 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 configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | S1 | Intel Micro-BGA2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 21 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 extensions | Virtualization, 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 types | DDR3 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | On 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.
We couldn't decide between Phenom II X3 P820 and Mobile Pentium III 600. We've got no test results to judge.
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