A6-9210 vs Athlon II P320
Aggregate performance score
A6-9210 outperforms Athlon II P320 by an impressive 78% 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 | 3206 | 2881 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon II | AMD Bristol Ridge |
| Power efficiency | 0.68 | 2.00 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Stoney Ridge (2016−2019) |
| Release date | 12 May 2010 (15 years ago) | 1 June 2016 (9 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon II P320 and A6-9210 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3200 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1024 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 28 nm |
| Die size | no data | 124.5 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1200 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II P320 and A6-9210 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.
| Socket | S1g4 | FP4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 10-15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II P320 and A6-9210. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | SSE-3, SSE4A, 3DNow!, MMX, DEP, SVM | Virtualization, |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | FMA4 |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II P320 and A6-9210 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II P320 and A6-9210. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4-2133 |
| Max memory channels | no data | 1 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon R4 Graphics |
| iGPU core count | no data | 3 |
| Enduro | - | + |
| Switchable graphics | - | + |
| UVD | - | + |
| VCE | - | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II P320 and A6-9210 integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Athlon II P320 and A6-9210 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | DirectX® 12 |
| Vulkan | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II P320 and A6-9210.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 8 |
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.40 | 0.71 |
| Recency | 12 May 2010 | 1 June 2016 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 10 Watt |
A6-9210 has a 77.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 60.7% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.
The AMD A6-9210 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon II P320 in performance tests.
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