i5-10510U vs Athlon X2 L310

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 L310 and Core i5-10510U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	2x AMD Athlon	Comet Lake
Architecture codename	Conesus (2009)	Comet Lake-U (2019−2020)
Release date	10 September 2009 (14 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 L310 and Core i5-10510U 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	no data	1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.2 GHz	4.8 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 L310 and Core i5-10510U 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	BGA / 638 lidless micro-PGA	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Core i5-10510U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Virtualization, Enhanced Virus Protection	no data
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Core i5-10510U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	15 Watt

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