Athlon II M320 vs Core 2 Duo SL9400

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Aggregate performance score

Core 2 Duo SL9400
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 17 Watt
0.48
+2.1%
Athlon II M320
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.47

Core 2 Duo SL9400 outperforms Athlon II M320 by a minimal 2% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo SL9400 and Athlon II M320 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking29172925
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoAMD Athlon II
Power efficiency2.671.27
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Caspian (2009)
Release date20 August 2008 (16 years ago)10 September 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$284no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo SL9400 and Athlon II M320 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 speed1.86 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.86 GHz2.1 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHz3200 MHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache6 MB1 MB
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors410 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.05V - 1.15Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo SL9400 and Athlon II M320 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.

SocketBGA956Socket S1 (S1g3)
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo SL9400 and Athlon II M320. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow-+
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 SL9400 and Athlon II M320 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 SL9400 and Athlon II M320 are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo SL9400 and Athlon II M320. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR2

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 SL9400 0.48
+2.1%
Athlon II M320 0.47

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 SL9400 759
+1.3%
Athlon II M320 749

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 SL9400 2144
+19.4%
Athlon II M320 1795

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 SL9400 3850
+10.8%
Athlon II M320 3476

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 SL9400 1300
Athlon II M320 1668
+28.3%

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 SL9400 43.12
Athlon II M320 37.16
+16%

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 SL9400 1
+0.9%
Athlon II M320 1

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.48 0.47
Recency 20 August 2008 10 September 2009
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 35 Watt

Core 2 Duo SL9400 has a 2.1% higher aggregate performance score, and 105.9% lower power consumption.

Athlon II M320, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Core 2 Duo SL9400 and Athlon II M320.


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