Atom Z2420 vs Athlon II M360

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon II M360 and Atom Z2420 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon IIno data
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Saltwell
Release date10 September 2009 (14 years ago)1 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Current priceno data$32

Detailed specifications

Athlon II M360 and Atom Z2420 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads22
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz1.2 GHz
Bus support3200 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data65 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistorsno data140 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M360 and Atom Z2420 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
SocketSocket S1 (S1g3)FC-MB4617
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt3 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M360 and Atom Z2420. 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 Virtualization, DDR2 400 MHz Memory ControllerIntel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3
PowerNow+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
PAEno data32 Bit
GPIOno data152
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Athlon II M360 and Atom Z2420 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M360 and Atom Z2420. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR2
Maximum memory sizeno data1 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data6.4 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataPowerVR SGX540 (400 MHz)

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II M360 and Atom Z2420 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II M360 and Atom Z2420.

USB revisionno data2.0 OTG
Number of USB portsno data1
UARTno data3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2009 1 January 2013
Physical cores 2 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 3 Watt

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