Athlon 64 3200+ vs Athlon II M320

Place in the ranking	2925	3245
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Athlon II	no data
Power efficiency	1.27	0.20
Architecture codename	Caspian (2009)	Clawhammer (2001−2005)
Release date	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)	January 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$150

Detailed specifications

Athlon II M320 and Athlon 64 3200+ 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	2.1 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	3200 MHz	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	512K
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	130 nm
Die size	no data	193 mm²
Number of transistors	no data	154 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M320 and Athlon 64 3200+ 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)	754
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M320 and Athlon 64 3200+. 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 M320 and Athlon 64 3200+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

no data

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 M320 0.47
+147%

Athlon 64 3200+ 0.19

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon II M320 749
+146%

Athlon 64 3200+ 305

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.47	0.19
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	45 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	89 Watt

Athlon II M320 has a 147.4% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 188.9% more advanced lithography process, and 154.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon II M320 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 64 3200+ in performance tests.

Be aware that Athlon II M320 is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 3200+ is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II M320 and Athlon 64 3200+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.