Atom E680 vs Athlon II Neo K325
Primary details
Comparing Athlon II Neo K325 and Atom E680 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon II Neo | no data |
| Architecture codename | Geneva (2010) | Tunnel Creek (2010) |
| Release date | 12 May 2010 (14 years ago) | 14 September 2010 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon II Neo K325 and Atom E680 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 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 1.3 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 2000 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | no data | 26 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 47 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II Neo K325 and Atom E680 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 | S1 | Intel BGA 676 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 4 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II Neo K325 and Atom E680. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, PowerNow, HyperTransport 3.0 | no data |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II Neo K325 and Atom E680 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II Neo K325 and Atom E680. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel GMA 600 |
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 May 2010 | 14 September 2010 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 4 Watt |
Athlon II Neo K325 has 100% more physical cores.
Atom E680, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and 200% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Athlon II Neo K325 and Atom E680. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II Neo K325 and Atom E680, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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