Core 2 Duo L7500 vs Athlon II M320

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon II M320
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.47
+14.6%
Core 2 Duo L7500
2 cores / 2 threads, 17 Watt
0.41

Athlon II M320 outperforms Core 2 Duo L7500 by a moderate 15% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II M320 and Core 2 Duo L7500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking29252993
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon IICore 2 Duo
Power efficiency1.272.28
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Merom (2006−2008)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon II M320 and Core 2 Duo L7500 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHz800 MHz
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache1 MBno data
L3 cacheno data4 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.975V - 1.062V

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M320 and Core 2 Duo L7500 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.

SocketSocket S1 (S1g3)PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M320 and Core 2 Duo L7500. 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+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Athlon II M320 and Core 2 Duo L7500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II M320 and Core 2 Duo L7500 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M320 and Core 2 Duo L7500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2no 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
+14.6%
Core 2 Duo L7500 0.41

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
+14%
Core 2 Duo L7500 657

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Athlon II M320 182
Core 2 Duo L7500 225
+23.6%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Athlon II M320 325
Core 2 Duo L7500 376
+15.7%

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 M320 37.16
+83.5%
Core 2 Duo L7500 68.2

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.47 0.41
Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 17 Watt

Athlon II M320 has a 14.6% higher aggregate performance score, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

Core 2 Duo L7500, on the other hand, has 105.9% lower power consumption.

The Athlon II M320 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo L7500 in performance tests.


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