AMD Phenom II X4 900e vs Intel Core i7-2860QM

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Phenom II X4 900e		Intel Core i7-2860QM
CPU comparison AMD Phenom II X4 900e or Intel Core i7-2860QM - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Phenom II X4 900e has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Phenom II X4 900e was released in Q1/2009. The Intel Core i7-2860QM has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-2860QM was released in Q4/2011.

AMD Phenom II (52)	Family	Intel Core i7 (298)
AMD Phenom II - 800/900 (23)	CPU group	Intel Core i 2000M (46)
4	Generation	2
Deneb (K10)	Architecture	Sandy Bridge H
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Phenom II X4 900e has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Phenom II X4 900e is 2.40 GHz while the Intel Core i7-2860QM has 4 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-2860QM is at 2.50 GHz (3.60 GHz).
AMD Phenom II X4 900e	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-2860QM
4	Cores	4
4	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
2.40 GHz	Frequency	2.50 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.60 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Phenom II X4 900e	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-2860QM
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD Phenom II X4 900e or Intel Core i7-2860QM has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 3000
	GPU frequency	0.65 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.30 GHz
--	GPU Generation	6
	Technology	32 nm
	Max. displays	2
--	Compute units	12
--	Shader	96
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
--	DirectX Version	10.1

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 3000
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	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD Phenom II X4 900e can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The Intel Core i7-2860QM supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.
AMD Phenom II X4 900e	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-2860QM
DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066	Memory	DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
6.00 MB	L3 Cache	8.00 MB
--	PCIe version	2.0
--	PCIe lanes	16
--	PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Phenom II X4 900e is 65 W, while the Intel Core i7-2860QM has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Phenom II X4 900e	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-2860QM
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	45 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Phenom II X4 900e is manufactured in 45 nm and has 6.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i7-2860QM is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 8.00 MB cache.
AMD Phenom II X4 900e	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-2860QM
45 nm	Technology	32 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE3, SSE4a	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
AM3	Socket	PGA 988
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT
No	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2009	Release date	Q4/2011
--	Release price	295 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks

AMD Phenom II X4 900e (0%)

Intel Core i7-2860QM (0%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Phenom II X4 900e (65%)

Intel Core i7-2860QM (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 Phenom II X4 900e 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	2990 (65%)
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	4592 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Phenom II X4 900e 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	696 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Phenom II X4 900e 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	2723 (100%)

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 Phenom II X4 900e 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	716 (100%)

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 Phenom II X4 900e 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	2637 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Phenom II X4 900e 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	627 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Phenom II X4 900e 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	1934 (100%)

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 Phenom II X4 900e @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-2860QM Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 1.30 GHz	250 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Phenom II X4 900e 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	1318 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Phenom II X4 900e 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	63 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Phenom II X4 900e 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	243 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-2860QM 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)

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