Ryzen 7 170 vs Athlon II M320
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 170 outperforms Athlon II M320 by a whopping 3077% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3236 | 621 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon II | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.53 | 16.85 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Rembrandt-R (2023−2025) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (16 years ago) | 1 October 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon II M320 and Ryzen 7 170 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) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 4.75 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3200 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | no data | 210 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 95 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II M320 and Ryzen 7 170 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | Socket S1 (S1g3) | FP7 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M320 and Ryzen 7 170. 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 | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II M320 and Ryzen 7 170 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M320 and Ryzen 7 170. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2 | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon 680M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II M320 and Ryzen 7 170.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 20 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.44 | 13.98 |
| Recency | 10 September 2009 | 1 October 2025 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 6 nm |
Ryzen 7 170 has a 3077% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 16 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 650% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Ryzen 7 170 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon II M320 in performance tests.
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