Solo T1200 vs Athlon II M300

Place in the ranking	2983	3304
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon II	Core Solo
Power efficiency	1.13	0.56
Architecture codename	Caspian (2009)	Yonah (2005−2006)
Release date	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)	January 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II M300 and Core Solo T1200 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	1.5 GHz
Bus rate	3200 MHz	667 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	no data	90 mm²
Number of transistors	no data	151 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M300 and Core Solo T1200 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 configuration	no data	1
Socket	Socket S1 (S1g3)	479
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	27 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M300 and Core Solo T1200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization	no data
PowerNow	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M300 and Core Solo T1200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

DDR1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon II M300 0.42
+163%

Solo T1200 0.16

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Athlon II M300 39.24
+196%

Solo T1200 116

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.42	0.16
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	27 Watt

Athlon II M300 has a 162.5% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

Solo T1200, on the other hand, has 29.6% lower power consumption.

The Athlon II M300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core Solo T1200 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II M300 and Core Solo T1200, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.