Phenom II X3 N870 vs Celeron G3900TE

Primary details

Comparing Celeron G3900TE and Phenom II X3 N870 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2356	2415
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.35	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron	3x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency	3.15	2.87
Architecture codename	Skylake (2015−2016)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	19 October 2015 (9 years ago)	16 December 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$42	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Celeron G3900TE and Phenom II X3 N870 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	2 (Dual-core)	3 (Tri-Core)
Threads	2	3
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	3600 MHz
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	1.5 MB
L3 cache	2 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Die size	98.57 mm2	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G3900TE and Phenom II X3 N870 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	LGA-1151	S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G3900TE and Phenom II X3 N870. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-V
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G3900TE and Phenom II X3 N870 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G3900TE and Phenom II X3 N870. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1600	DDR3
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics 510

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G3900TE and Phenom II X3 N870.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.21	1.10
Recency	19 October 2015	16 December 2010
Physical cores	2	3
Threads	2	3
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm

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