i7-1270P vs Phenom II X3 P860

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X3 P860 and Core i7-1270P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated704
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series3x AMD Phenom IIIntel Alder Lake-P
Power efficiencyno data37.12
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Alder Lake-P (2022)
Release date4 October 2010 (14 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X3 P860 and Core i7-1270P 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads316
Base clock speedno data2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz4.8 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache384 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache1.5 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data217 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 P860 and Core i7-1270P 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
SocketS1FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 P860 and Core i7-1270P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsVirtualization, AMD64, Advanced Virus Protection, SSE(1,2,3,4a)Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPP-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Phenom II X3 P860 and Core i7-1270P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 P860 and Core i7-1270P 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 P860 and Core i7-1270P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.4 GHz
Execution Unitsno data96

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Phenom II X3 P860 and Core i7-1270P integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Phenom II X3 P860 and Core i7-1270P integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Phenom II X3 P860 and Core i7-1270P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X3 P860 and Core i7-1270P.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 October 2010 23 February 2022
Physical cores 3 12
Threads 3 16
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 28 Watt

Phenom II X3 P860 has 12% lower power consumption.

i7-1270P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, and 300% more physical cores and 433.3% more threads.

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