Athlon II M320 vs Apple M2

Place in the ranking	814	2927
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Apple Apple M-Series	AMD Athlon II
Power efficiency	44.48	1.27
Architecture codename	no data	Caspian (2009)
Release date	10 June 2022 (2 years ago)	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

M2 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	8 (Octa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	2
Base clock speed	2.424 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.48 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus rate	no data	3200 MHz
L1 cache	2 MB	128 KB
L2 cache	20 MB	1 MB
Chip lithography	5 nm	45 nm
Number of transistors	20000 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on M2 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.

Socket	no data	Socket S1 (S1g3)
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M2 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
PowerNow	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M2 and Athlon II M320. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Apple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz)

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.

Apple M2 9.40
+1900%

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.

Apple M2 14933
+1894%

Athlon II M320 749

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.40	0.47
Recency	10 June 2022	10 September 2009
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	8	2
Chip lithography	5 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	35 Watt

Apple M2 has a 1900% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 800% more advanced lithography process, and 75% lower power consumption.

The M2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II M320 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M2 and Athlon II M320, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.