Athlon II M320 vs Core i5-7442EQ

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-7442EQ and Athlon II M320 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1542	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.12	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i5	AMD Athlon II
Architecture codename	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)	Caspian (2009)
Release date	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)	10 September 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$250	no data
Current price	$2460 (9.8x MSRP)	$131

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Core i5-7442EQ and Athlon II M320 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.1 GHz
Bus support	8 GT/s	3200 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	6 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-7442EQ and Athlon II M320 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	no data	Socket S1 (S1g3)
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-7442EQ and Athlon II M320. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization, DDR2 400 MHz Memory Controller
AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
PowerNow	no data	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	no data

Security technologies

Core i5-7442EQ and Athlon II M320 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-7442EQ and Athlon II M320 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-7442EQ and Athlon II M320. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1600	DDR2
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics 630

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-7442EQ and Athlon II M320.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no 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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 January 2017	10 September 2009
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt

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