Athlon II X2 215 vs E2-3200

Place in performance ranking	2642	2641
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	1.30	8.66
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	7 September 2011 (12 years ago)	October 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$45
Current price	$22	$23 (0.5x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon II X2 215 has 566% better value for money than E2-3200.

Technical specs

E2-3200 and Athlon II X2 215 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	2.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.7 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	228 mm²	117 mm²
Number of transistors	1,178 million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on E2-3200 and Athlon II X2 215 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	1
Socket	FM1	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E2-3200 and Athlon II X2 215 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E2-3200 and Athlon II X2 215. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Radeon HD 6370D

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.

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.

E2-3200 0.62

Athlon II X2 215 0.62

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

E2-3200 953

Athlon II X2 215 961
+0.8%

Athlon II X2 215 outperforms E2-3200 by 1% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

E2-3200 298
+8%

Athlon II X2 215 276

E2-3200 outperforms Athlon II X2 215 by 8% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

E2-3200 525
+9.1%

Athlon II X2 215 481

E2-3200 outperforms Athlon II X2 215 by 9% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.