Pentium III 1000 vs Athlon II P320

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II P320 and Pentium III 1000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Athlon IIno data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Coppermine (1999−2001)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)8 March 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$990

Detailed specifications

Athlon II P320 and Pentium III 1000 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)
Threads21
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz1 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHzno data
L1 cache256 KB32 KB
L2 cache1 MB256 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm180 nm
Die sizeno data106 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data70 °C
Number of transistorsno data28 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II P320 and Pentium III 1000 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 data2
SocketS1g4370
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt33 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II P320 and Pentium III 1000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE-3, SSE4A, 3DNow!, MMX, DEP, SVMno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 May 2010 8 March 2000
Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 33 Watt

Athlon II P320 has an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 32% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II P320 and Pentium III 1000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon II P320 is a notebook processor while Pentium III 1000 is a desktop one.


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