Atom E680 vs Athlon X2 L310
Aggregate performance score
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3399 | 3396 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 2x AMD Athlon | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.65 | 2.10 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Conesus (2009) | Tunnel Creek (2010) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (15 years ago) | 14 September 2010 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon X2 L310 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 | 1.2 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 800 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 | 65 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | no data | 26 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 47 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon X2 L310 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 | BGA / 638 lidless micro-PGA | Intel BGA 676 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 13 Watt | 4 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Atom E680. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Virtualization, Enhanced Virus Protection | no data |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Atom E680 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Atom E680. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 September 2009 | 14 September 2010 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 13 Watt | 4 Watt |
Athlon X2 L310 has 100% more physical cores.
Atom E680, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 225% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between AMD Athlon X2 L310 and Intel Atom E680.
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