Athlon II N330 vs Core 2 Duo L7700

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo L7700 and Athlon II N330 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	Core 2 Duo	AMD Athlon II
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	no data (2024 years ago)	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo L7700 and Athlon II N330 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	1.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	3200 MHz
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	no data	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB L2 Cache	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	117.5 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	234 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.2V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo L7700 and Athlon II N330 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	no data	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo L7700 and Athlon II N330. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, 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
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo L7700 and Athlon II N330 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 Core 2 Duo L7700 and Athlon II N330 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo L7700 and Athlon II N330. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	35 Watt

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