Atom Z610 vs Athlon II M320

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Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3128not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon IIIntel Atom
Power efficiency0.52no data
DesignerAMDIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Lincroft (2010−2011)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)4 May 2010 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II M320 and Atom Z610 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz0.8 GHz
Bus typeno datacDMI
Bus rate3200 MHz400 MT/s
Multiplierno data8
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data65.2526 mm2
Number of transistorsno data140 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M320 and Atom Z610 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketSocket S1 (S1g3)Intel BGA 518
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt1.3 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M320 and Atom Z610. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualizationno data
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M320 and Atom Z610. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR1, DDR2
Maximum memory sizeno data2 GB
Max memory channelsno data1
Maximum memory bandwidthno data3.2 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataPowerVR SGX535

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2009 4 May 2010
Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 1 Watt

Athlon II M320 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Atom Z610, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, and 3400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between AMD Athlon II M320 and Intel Atom Z610. We've got no test results to judge.

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