HD Graphics 520 vs Athlon II M360

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II M360 and HD Graphics 520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon II	Intel HD Graphics
Architecture codename	Caspian (2009)	Gen9
Release date	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II M360 and HD Graphics 520 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)	no data
Threads	2	no data
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	0.35 GHz
Bus rate	3200 MHz	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M360 and HD Graphics 520 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.

Socket	Socket S1 (S1g3)	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M360 and HD Graphics 520. 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 M360 and HD Graphics 520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	no data
Maximum memory size	no data	32,768 MB 33,554,432 KB 34,359,738,368 B 0.0313 TiB 32 GB

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

45 nm

14 nm

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