Athlon X2 L310 vs Pentium Dual Core T2060
General info
Comparing Pentium Dual Core T2060 and Athlon X2 L310 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Pentium Dual Core | 2x AMD Athlon |
| Architecture codename | Yonah (2005−2006) | Conesus (2009) |
| Release date | no data | 10 September 2009 (14 years ago) |
| Current price | $36 | $9.79 |
Technical specs
Pentium Dual Core T2060 and Athlon X2 L310 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 |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Bus support | 533 MHz | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 65 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 95 °C |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Dual Core T2060 and Athlon X2 L310 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 | BGA / 638 lidless micro-PGA |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 13 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T2060 and Athlon X2 L310. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Virtualization, Enhanced Virus Protection |
| VirusProtect | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T2060 and Athlon X2 L310 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | 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.
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%
Pentium Dual Core T2060 outperforms Athlon X2 L310 by 7% in Passmark.
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
Athlon X2 L310 outperforms Pentium Dual Core T2060 by 6% in 3DMark06 CPU.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 13 Watt |
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