5 120UL vs Athlon X2 L310

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 L310 and Core 5 120UL processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series2x AMD Athlonno data
Architecture codenameConesus (2009)Raptor Lake-PS (2024)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)8 April 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 L310 and Core 5 120UL 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)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz4.6 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cache256 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 L310 and Core 5 120UL 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
SocketBGA / 638 lidless micro-PGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)13 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Core 5 120UL. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Virtualization, Enhanced Virus Protectionno data
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Athlon X2 L310 and Core 5 120UL technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Core 5 120UL are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Core 5 120UL. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4, DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Core 5 120UL.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2009 8 April 2024
Physical cores 2 10
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 65 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 13 Watt 15 Watt

Athlon X2 L310 has 15.4% lower power consumption.

5 120UL, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, 400% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 550% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X2 L310 and Core 5 120UL. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon X2 L310 is a notebook processor while Core 5 120UL is a desktop one.


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