Athlon X2 L310 vs Pentium P6200

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium P6200
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.57
+171%
Athlon X2 L310
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 13 Watt
0.21

Pentium P6200 outperforms Athlon X2 L310 by a whopping 171% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium P6200 and Athlon X2 L310 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28133213
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium2x AMD Athlon
Power efficiency1.541.53
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Conesus (2009)
Release date26 September 2010 (14 years ago)10 September 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$60no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium P6200 and Athlon X2 L310 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 speed2.13 GHzno data
Boost clock speed0.13 GHz1.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0no data
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/s800 MHz
Multiplier16no data
L1 cache64K (per core)256 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography32 nm65 nm
Die size81+114 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °C95 °C
Number of transistors384 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium P6200 and Athlon X2 L310 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketPGA988BGA / 638 lidless micro-PGA
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt13 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium P6200 and Athlon X2 L310. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Virtualization, Enhanced Virus Protection
FMA+-
VirusProtect-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium P6200 and Athlon X2 L310 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 Pentium P6200 and Athlon X2 L310 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium P6200 and Athlon X2 L310. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth17.051 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processorsno data
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency667 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium P6200 and Athlon X2 L310 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium P6200 and Athlon X2 L310.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no 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.

Pentium P6200 0.57
+171%
Athlon X2 L310 0.21

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.

Pentium P6200 908
+176%
Athlon X2 L310 329

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.

Pentium P6200 285
+146%
Athlon X2 L310 116

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.

Pentium P6200 479
+141%
Athlon X2 L310 199

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.

Pentium P6200 2394
+143%
Athlon X2 L310 987

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.

Pentium P6200 4620
+164%
Athlon X2 L310 1747

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.

Pentium P6200 1949
+125%
Athlon X2 L310 866

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.

Pentium P6200 32.47
+221%
Athlon X2 L310 104.35

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.57 0.21
Recency 26 September 2010 10 September 2009
Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 13 Watt

Pentium P6200 has a 171.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon X2 L310, on the other hand, has 169.2% lower power consumption.

The Pentium P6200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon X2 L310 in performance tests.


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