Athlon II M300 vs Athlon II P360

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon II P360
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.45
+7.1%
Athlon II M300
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.42

Athlon II P360 outperforms Athlon II M300 by a small 7% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II P360 and Athlon II M300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking29492984
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon IIAMD Athlon II
Power efficiency1.701.14
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Caspian (2009)
Release date16 December 2010 (14 years ago)10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II P360 and Athlon II M300 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 GHz2 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHz3200 MHz
L1 cache256 KB128 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II P360 and Athlon II M300 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.

SocketS1g4Socket S1 (S1g3)
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II P360 and Athlon II M300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE-3, SSE4A, 3DNow!, MMX, DEP, SVMMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II P360 and Athlon II M300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR2

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 P360 0.45
+7.1%
Athlon II M300 0.42

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 P360 711
+6.1%
Athlon II M300 670

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 P360 257
+20.7%
Athlon II M300 213

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 P360 479
+18.9%
Athlon II M300 403

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Athlon II P360 1946
+14.5%
Athlon II M300 1700

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Athlon II P360 3728
+12.3%
Athlon II M300 3319

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Athlon II P360 1797
+15.8%
Athlon II M300 1552

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 P360 33.3
+17.8%
Athlon II M300 39.24

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.45 0.42
Recency 16 December 2010 10 September 2009
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 35 Watt

Athlon II P360 has a 7.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 40% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Athlon II P360 and Athlon II M300.


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