Pentium Dual Core T3200 vs Athlon II M300
Primary Details
Comparing Athlon II M300 and Pentium Dual Core T3200 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 | Intel Pentium Dual Core |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Merom (2006−2008) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (14 years ago) | 1 October 2008 (15 years ago) |
| Current price | $40 | $29 |
Detailed Specifications
Athlon II M300 and Pentium Dual Core T3200 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Bus support | 3200 MHz | 667 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | no data | 143 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 291 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II M300 and Pentium Dual Core T3200 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 | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M300 and Pentium Dual Core T3200. 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 Pentium Dual Core T3200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2 | 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.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Athlon II M300 outperforms Pentium Dual Core T3200 by 6% in Passmark.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
Pentium Dual Core T3200 outperforms Athlon II M300 by 8% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.
Pros & Cons Summary
| Recency | 10 September 2009 | 1 October 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
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