Z-60 vs Athlon II M360

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon II M360 and Z-60 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon IIno data
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Hondo (2012)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)9 October 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II M360 and Z-60 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
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz1 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB128 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm40 nm
Die sizeno data75 mm2
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M360 and Z-60 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)FT1 BGA 413-Ball
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M360 and Z-60. 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 VirtualizationMMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V
PowerNow+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II M360 and Z-60 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M360 and Z-60. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR3 Single-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 6250

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2009 9 October 2012
Chip lithography 45 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 5 Watt

Z-60 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 12.5% more advanced lithography process, and 600% lower power consumption.

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