Athlon II N370 vs Atom 230

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Aggregate performance score

Atom 230
2008
1 core / 2 threads, 4 Watt
0.11
Athlon II N370
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.57
+418%

Athlon II N370 outperforms Atom 230 by a whopping 418% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom 230 and Athlon II N370 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking33752833
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel AtomAMD Athlon II
Power efficiency2.601.54
Architecture codenameSilverthorne (2008−2010)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date2 April 2008 (16 years ago)16 December 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$29no data

Detailed specifications

Atom 230 and Athlon II N370 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz2.5 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate533.33 MT/s3200 MHz
Multiplier12no data
L1 cache56 KB256 KB
L2 cache512 KB1 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size25.9638 mm2117.5 mm2
Maximum core temperature85 °Cno data
Number of transistors47 Million234 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.9V-1.1625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom 230 and Athlon II N370 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketPBGA437S1
Power consumption (TDP)4 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 230 and Athlon II N370. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization
VirusProtect-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Atom 230 and Athlon II N370 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom 230 and Athlon II N370 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom 230 and Athlon II N370. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory size8 GBno data

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Atom 230 0.11
Athlon II N370 0.57
+418%

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.

Atom 230 169
Athlon II N370 899
+432%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.11 0.57
Recency 2 April 2008 16 December 2010
Physical cores 1 2
Power consumption (TDP) 4 Watt 35 Watt

Atom 230 has 775% lower power consumption.

Athlon II N370, on the other hand, has a 418.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 100% more physical cores.

The Athlon II N370 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom 230 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Atom 230 and Athlon II N370, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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