AMD Athlon II 170u vs Intel Pentium 3561Y

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AMD Athlon II 170u CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium 3561Y
AMD Athlon II 170u Intel Pentium 3561Y

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD Athlon II 170u and the Intel Pentium 3561Y and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the AMD Athlon II 170u 1 core processor released in Q3/2010 with the Intel Pentium 3561Y which has 2 CPU cores and was introduced in Q4/2013.
AMD Athlon II (52) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD Athlon II 100u (1) CPU group Intel Pentium 3000 (8)
1 Generation 4
Sargas Architecture Haswell U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon II 170u is a 1 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz. The processor can compute 1 threads at the same time. The Intel Pentium 3561Y clocks with 1.20 GHz, has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel.

AMD Athlon II 170u Characteristic Intel Pentium 3561Y
1 Cores 2
1 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz Frequency 1.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Athlon II 170u Characteristic Intel Pentium 3561Y
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.85 GHz
-- GPU Generation 7.5
Technology 22 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 10
-- Shader 80
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 11.1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the AMD Athlon II 170u, while the Intel Pentium 3561Y supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s enabled.

AMD Athlon II 170u Characteristic Intel Pentium 3561Y
DDR3, DDR2 Memory LPDDR3-1333, LPDDR3-1600, DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600
Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
1.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 12
-- PCIe Bandwidth 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The AMD Athlon II 170u has a TDP of 20 W. The TDP of the Intel Pentium 3561Y is 11.5 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

AMD Athlon II 170u Characteristic Intel Pentium 3561Y
20 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 11.5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon II 170u has 1.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 45 nm. The cache of Intel Pentium 3561Y is at 2.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 22 nm.

AMD Athlon II 170u Characteristic Intel Pentium 3561Y
45 nm Technology 22 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
AM3 Socket BGA 1168
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2010 Release date Q4/2013
-- Release price 161 $
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon II 170u AMD Athlon II 170u
1C 1T @ 2.00 GHz
268 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3561Y Intel Pentium 3561Y
2C 2T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon II 170u AMD Athlon II 170u
1C 1T @ 2.00 GHz
268 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3561Y Intel Pentium 3561Y
2C 2T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Athlon II 170u AMD Athlon II 170u
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 3561Y Intel Pentium 3561Y
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 0.85 GHz
136 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Athlon II 170u AMD Athlon II 170u
1C 1T @ 2.00 GHz
340 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3561Y Intel Pentium 3561Y
2C 2T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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