Gemini Lake vs Athlon II M300

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II M300 and Gemini Lake processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon II	no data
Architecture codename	Caspian (2009)	Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date	10 September 2009 (14 years ago)	11 December 2017 (6 years ago)
Current price	$40	$152

Detailed specifications

Athlon II M300 and Gemini Lake 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	2 (Dual-core)	no data
Threads	2	no data
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	no data
Bus support	3200 MHz	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M300 and Gemini Lake 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	Socket S1 (S1g3)	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M300 and Gemini Lake. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization, DDR2 400 MHz Memory Controller	no data
PowerNow	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M300 and Gemini Lake. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 September 2009	11 December 2017
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm

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