Athlon II N330 vs Core 2 Duo L7700

Aggregate performance score

Core 2 Duo L7700
2 cores / 2 threads, 17 Watt
0.38
Athlon II N330
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.42
+10.5%

Athlon II N330 outperforms Core 2 Duo L7700 by a moderate 11% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo L7700 and Athlon II N330 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking30102972
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesCore 2 DuoAMD Athlon II
Power efficiency2.121.14
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)12 May 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo L7700 and Athlon II N330 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
Base clock speed1.8 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz3200 MHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cacheno data1 MB
L3 cache4 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data117.5 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data234 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.9V-1.2Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo L7700 and Athlon II N330 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.

Socketno dataS1
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo L7700 and Athlon II N330. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization
VirusProtect-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo L7700 and Athlon II N330 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 L7700 and Athlon II N330 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo L7700 and Athlon II N330. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

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.

Core 2 Duo L7700 0.38
Athlon II N330 0.42
+10.5%

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.

Core 2 Duo L7700 607
Athlon II N330 665
+9.6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.38 0.42
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 35 Watt

Core 2 Duo L7700 has 105.9% lower power consumption.

Athlon II N330, on the other hand, has a 10.5% higher aggregate performance score, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Athlon II N330 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo L7700 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo L7700 and Athlon II N330, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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