Phenom II X3 N870 vs Pentium M 780

Place in the ranking	3183	2434
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Pentium M	3x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency	0.84	2.86
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	25 July 2005 (19 years ago)	16 December 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 780 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	1 (Single-Core)	3 (Tri-Core)
Threads	1	3
Base clock speed	2.26 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	0.03 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	32 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1.5 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	90 nm	45 nm
Die size	87 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	144 million	no data
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.26V-1.404V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 780 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	no data
Socket	PPGA478, H-PBGA479	S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 780 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
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium M 780 and Phenom II X3 N870 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium M 780 and Phenom II X3 N870 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 780 and Phenom II X3 N870. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.24	1.06
Recency	25 July 2005	16 December 2010
Physical cores	1	3
Threads	1	3
Chip lithography	90 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	35 Watt

Pentium M 780 has 29.6% lower power consumption.

Phenom II X3 N870, on the other hand, has a 341.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Phenom II X3 N870 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 780 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium M 780 and Phenom II X3 N870, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.