Athlon II P340 vs Core 2 Duo P8600

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Aggregate performance score

Core 2 Duo P8600
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.53
+17.8%
Athlon II P340
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.45

Core 2 Duo P8600 outperforms Athlon II P340 by a moderate 18% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo P8600 and Athlon II P340 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28582950
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoAMD Athlon II
Power efficiency2.011.70
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date15 July 2008 (16 years ago)4 October 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$209no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo P8600 and Athlon II P340 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 speed2.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHz3200 MHz
L1 cache128 KB256 KB
L2 cache3 MB1 MB
L3 cache3 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size81 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors274 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.05V-1.15Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo P8600 and Athlon II P340 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.

SocketBGA479,PBGA479,PGA478S1g4
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo P8600 and Athlon II P340. 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
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo P8600 and Athlon II P340 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 P8600 and Athlon II P340 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 P8600 0.53
+17.8%
Athlon II P340 0.45

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 P8600 849
+19.6%
Athlon II P340 710

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 P8600 280
+49.7%
Athlon II P340 187

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 P8600 468
+52.4%
Athlon II P340 307

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Core 2 Duo P8600 2618
+38.2%
Athlon II P340 1895

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Core 2 Duo P8600 4910
+34.6%
Athlon II P340 3648

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Core 2 Duo P8600 2155
+19.7%
Athlon II P340 1801

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Core 2 Duo P8600 34.63
+0.5%
Athlon II P340 34.8

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Core 2 Duo P8600 1
+26.9%
Athlon II P340 1

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.53 0.45
Recency 15 July 2008 4 October 2010

Core 2 Duo P8600 has a 17.8% higher aggregate performance score.

Athlon II P340, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years.

The Core 2 Duo P8600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II P340 in performance tests.


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