M3-8100Y vs C-70

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Primary details

Comparing C-70 and M3-8100Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD C-SeriesIntel Core M3
Architecture codenameOntario (2011−2012)Amber Lake (2018−2019)
Release date1 September 2012 (12 years ago)28 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$281

Detailed specifications

C-70 and M3-8100Y 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.33 GHz1.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplierno data16
L1 cache64K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography40 nm14 nm
Die size75 mm2no data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on C-70 and M3-8100Y 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFT1 BGA 413-Ballno data
Power consumption (TDP)9 Watt5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by C-70 and M3-8100Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V, Radeon HD 6290 (276-400 MHz)no data
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by C-70 and M3-8100Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by C-70 and M3-8100Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3 Single-channelDDR3L-1600
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data29.861 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 6290Intel UHD Graphics 615

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by C-70 and M3-8100Y.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data10

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2012 28 August 2018
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 9 Watt 5 Watt

M3-8100Y has an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more threads, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 80% lower power consumption.

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