Pentium 967 vs Athlon II M320

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon II M320
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.47
+17.5%
Pentium 967
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 17 Watt
0.40

Athlon II M320 outperforms Pentium 967 by a moderate 18% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II M320 and Pentium 967 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking29253000
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon IIIntel Pentium
Power efficiency1.272.23
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)2 October 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$134

Detailed specifications

Athlon II M320 and Pentium 967 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 speedno data1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz1.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rate3200 MHz4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data13
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data131 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M320 and Pentium 967 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketSocket S1 (S1g3)FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M320 and Pentium 967. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD VirtualizationIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA-+
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Athlon II M320 and Pentium 967 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II M320 and Pentium 967 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M320 and Pentium 967. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II M320 and Pentium 967 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II M320 and Pentium 967.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

Athlon II M320 0.47
+17.5%
Pentium 967 0.40

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.

Athlon II M320 749
+16.5%
Pentium 967 643

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.

Athlon II M320 182
Pentium 967 225
+23.6%

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.

Athlon II M320 325
Pentium 967 427
+31.4%

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.

Athlon II M320 1795
+9.5%
Pentium 967 1640

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.

Athlon II M320 3476
+14.4%
Pentium 967 3038

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.

Athlon II M320 1668
+26.4%
Pentium 967 1319

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.

Athlon II M320 37.16
+57.7%
Pentium 967 58.6

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Athlon II M320 1
+15.8%
Pentium 967 1

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.47 0.40
Recency 10 September 2009 2 October 2011
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 17 Watt

Athlon II M320 has a 17.5% higher aggregate performance score.

Pentium 967, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 105.9% lower power consumption.

The Athlon II M320 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 967 in performance tests.


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