Pentium Gold 6500Y vs Phenom II X3 N870

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Aggregate performance score

Phenom II X3 N870
2010
3 cores / 3 threads, 35 Watt
1.06
Pentium Gold 6500Y
2021
2 cores / 4 threads, 5 Watt
1.90
+79.2%

Pentium Gold 6500Y outperforms Phenom II X3 N870 by an impressive 79% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium Gold 6500Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24341979
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series3x AMD Phenom IIno data
Power efficiency2.8735.96
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Amber Lake-Y (2018−2021)
Release date16 December 2010 (14 years ago)1 March 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium Gold 6500Y 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads34
Base clock speedno data1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz4 GT/s
L1 cache384 KB128 KB
L2 cache1.5 MB512 KB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium Gold 6500Y 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
SocketS1 (S1g4)BGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-VIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium Gold 6500Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium Gold 6500Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium Gold 6500Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data33.3 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 615
Max video memoryno data16 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data900 MHz
Execution Unitsno data23

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data3840x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium Gold 6500Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X3 N870 and Pentium Gold 6500Y.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data10

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.06 1.90
Recency 16 December 2010 1 March 2021
Physical cores 3 2
Threads 3 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 5 Watt

Phenom II X3 N870 has 50% more physical cores.

Pentium Gold 6500Y, on the other hand, has a 79.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 33.3% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 600% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Gold 6500Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X3 N870 in performance tests.


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