Duron 600 vs Athlon II N370
Primary details
Comparing Athlon II N370 and Duron 600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2834 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Athlon II | AMD Duron |
| Power efficiency | 1.54 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Spitfire (2000−2001) |
| Release date | 16 December 2010 (14 years ago) | 19 June 2000 (24 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $112 |
Detailed specifications
Athlon II N370 and Duron 600 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 0.6 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | FSB |
| Bus rate | 3200 MHz | 200 MT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 6 |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 64 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 180 nm |
| Die size | 117.5 mm2 | 100 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 234 Million | 25 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II N370 and Duron 600 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | S1 | A |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 27.4 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II N370 and Duron 600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization | no data |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II N370 and Duron 600 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II N370 and Duron 600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR1 Depends on motherboard |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4 GB |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 16 December 2010 | 19 June 2000 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 27 Watt |
Athlon II N370 has an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.
Duron 600, on the other hand, has 29.6% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Athlon II N370 and Duron 600. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Athlon II N370 is a notebook processor while Duron 600 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II N370 and Duron 600, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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