Athlon II M320 vs A12-9800E

Primary details

Comparing A12-9800E and Athlon II M320 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1835	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.83	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Athlon II
Power efficiency	5.92	no data
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Caspian (2009)
Release date	27 July 2017 (7 years ago)	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$105	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

A12-9800E 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus rate	no data	3200 MHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Die size	246 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A12-9800E 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	AM4	Socket S1 (S1g3)
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A12-9800E and Athlon II M320. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	+
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A12-9800E and Athlon II M320 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A12-9800E and Athlon II M320. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR2
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	no data
iGPU core count	8	no data
Enduro	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A12-9800E and Athlon II M320 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A12-9800E and Athlon II M320 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A12-9800E and Athlon II M320.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	8	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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Recency	27 July 2017	10 September 2009
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm

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