Pentium 4 HT 651 vs Athlon II M320

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon II M320 and Pentium 4 HT 651 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2925not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Athlon IIno data
Power efficiency1.27no data
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Cedar Mill (2006)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)January 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II M320 and Pentium 4 HT 651 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)
Threads22
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB28 KB
L2 cache1 MB2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data81 mm2
Number of transistorsno data188 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M320 and Pentium 4 HT 651 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
SocketSocket S1 (S1g3)775
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt86 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M320 and Pentium 4 HT 651. 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+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M320 and Pentium 4 HT 651. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 86 Watt

Athlon II M320 has 100% more physical cores, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 145.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II M320 and Pentium 4 HT 651. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon II M320 is a notebook processor while Pentium 4 HT 651 is a desktop one.


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AMD Athlon II M320
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