Athlon II P320 vs Core 2 Duo L7700

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Aggregate performance score

Core 2 Duo L7700
2 cores / 2 threads, 17 Watt
0.38
Athlon II P320
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.44
+15.8%

Athlon II P320 outperforms Core 2 Duo L7700 by a moderate 16% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo L7700 and Athlon II P320 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking30262959
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesCore 2 DuoAMD Athlon II
Power efficiency2.111.66
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release dateno data12 May 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo L7700 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.8 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz2.1 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz3200 MHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cacheno data1 MB
L3 cache4 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.9V-1.2Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo L7700 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.

Socketno dataS1g4
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo L7700 and Athlon II P320. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataSSE-3, SSE4A, 3DNow!, MMX, DEP, SVM
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 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 L7700 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.


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 P320 0.44
+15.8%

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 P320 695
+14.5%

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.

Core 2 Duo L7700 257
+47.7%
Athlon II P320 174

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.

Core 2 Duo L7700 455
+42.2%
Athlon II P320 320

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.38 0.44
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 25 Watt

Core 2 Duo L7700 has 47.1% lower power consumption.

Athlon II P320, on the other hand, has a 15.8% higher aggregate performance score, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Athlon II P320 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo L7700 in performance tests.


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