Athlon II N350 vs Mobile Pentium 4 520

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Aggregate performance score

Mobile Pentium 4 520
1 core / 1 thread, 91 Watt
0.15
Athlon II N350
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.48
+220%

Athlon II N350 outperforms Mobile Pentium 4 520 by a whopping 220% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Mobile Pentium 4 520 and Athlon II N350 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking32952893
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesMobile Pentium 4AMD Athlon II
Power efficiency0.161.30
Architecture codenameNorthwood (2002−2004)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)4 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Mobile Pentium 4 520 and Athlon II N350 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)
Threads12
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus rate533 MHz3200 MHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cacheno data1 MB
Chip lithography90 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data117.5 mm2
Number of transistorsno data234 Million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Mobile Pentium 4 520 and Athlon II N350 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.

Socketno dataS1
Power consumption (TDP)91 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Mobile Pentium 4 520 and Athlon II N350. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization
VirusProtect-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Mobile Pentium 4 520 and Athlon II N350 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Mobile Pentium 4 520 and Athlon II N350. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.15 0.48
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 90 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 91 Watt 35 Watt

Athlon II N350 has a 220% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 160% lower power consumption.

The Athlon II N350 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobile Pentium 4 520 in performance tests.


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