Athlon II P360 vs i7-2715QE

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-2715QE and Athlon II P360 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1902	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i7	AMD Athlon II
Power efficiency	4.26	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	3 January 2011 (13 years ago)	16 December 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$378	no data

Detailed specifications

Core i7-2715QE and Athlon II P360 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	2
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	3200 MHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	6 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	216 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	1160 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-2715QE and Athlon II P360 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	Intel BGA1023	S1g4
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-2715QE and Athlon II P360. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	SSE-3, SSE4A, 3DNow!, MMX, DEP, SVM
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Security technologies

Core i7-2715QE and Athlon II P360 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-2715QE and Athlon II P360 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-2715QE and Athlon II P360. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	unknown Dual-channel	no data
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.598 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics 3000

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	25 Watt

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