Athlon II P320 vs Core 2 Duo L7200
Primary details
Comparing Core 2 Duo L7200 and Athlon II P320 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 | no data | AMD Athlon II |
| Architecture codename | no data | Champlain (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 1 January 2007 (17 years ago) | 12 May 2010 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Core 2 Duo L7200 and Athlon II P320 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | no data | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 1.33 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2.1 GHz |
| Bus rate | 667 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB L2 Cache | no data |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 45 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 0.9V-1.1V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Core 2 Duo L7200 and Athlon II P320 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 | PBGA479 | S1g4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 17 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo L7200 and Athlon II P320. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | SSE-3, SSE4A, 3DNow!, MMX, DEP, SVM |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Idle States | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
Security technologies
Core 2 Duo L7200 and Athlon II P320 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo L7200 and Athlon II P320 are enumerated here.
| VT-x | + | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 January 2007 | 12 May 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 17 Watt | 25 Watt |
Core 2 Duo L7200 has 47.1% lower power consumption.
Athlon II P320, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo L7200 and Athlon II P320. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo L7200 and Athlon II P320, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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