AMD Athlon II M320

The AMD Athlon II Dual-Core Mobile M320 is a entry level Dual Core CPU by AMD for laptops with an integrated dual channel DDR2 memory controller (400MHz). The Caspian called core should be only partly based on the K10 architectur. Compared to the Turion II CPUs, the Athlon II feature a slower HyperTransport Link (1600 MHz). 

The performance of the Athlon II M320 should be comparable to a 1.8 Ghz Celeron Dual-Core T3000. The Athlon II series has the advantage of 64 Bit support and hardware Virtualization support. The cheap Intel CPUs are often stripped down and dont feature these functions.

SeriesAMD Athlon II
CodenameCaspian
Clock Rate2100 MHz
Front Side Bus3200 MHz
Level 1 Cache128 KB
Level 2 Cache1024 KB
Number of Cores / Threads2 / 2
Max. Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)35 Watt
Manufacturing Technology45 nm
SocketSocket S1 (S1g3)
FeaturesMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization, DDR2 400MHz Memory Controller
64 Bit64 Bit support
Hardware VirtualizationVirtualization
Announcement Date09/10/2009

CPU Benchmarks

3DMark 06 - CPU:
0% 100%
min: 1666     avg: 1667.5 (20%)     max: 1669 Points
Super Pi 1M:
0% 100%
min: 22     avg: 29.6 (6%)     max: 37.1 Seconds
Super Pi 2M:
0% 100%
min: 54     avg: 54 (2%)     max: 54 Seconds
Super Pi 32M:
0% 100%
min: 1341     avg: 1341 (6%)     max: 1341 Seconds
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS):
0% 100%
min: 13850     avg: 14740 (7%)     max: 15630 MIPS
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS):
0% 100%
min: 11520     avg: 12210 (9%)     max: 12900 MFLOPS
PCMark Vantage: Result 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 3488     avg: 3488 (17%)     max: 3488 Points
Cinebench R10: Rendering Single 32Bit
0% 100%
min: 1795     avg: 1795 (36%)     max: 1795 Points
Cinebench R10: Rendering Multiple CPUs 32Bit
0% 100%
min: 3456     avg: 3475.5 (13%)     max: 3495 Points
Cinebench R10: Rendering Multiple CPUs 64Bit
0% 100%
min: 3960     avg: 3960 (12%)     max: 3960 Points
Cinebench R10: Rendering Single CPUs 64Bit
0% 100%
min: 2037     avg: 2037 (32%)     max: 2037 Points
3DMark Vantage: P CPU no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 3288     avg: 3288 (9%)     max: 3288 Points
wPrime 2.0x: 32m
0% 100%
min: 36.8     avg: 37.2 (7%)     max: 37.52 seconds
wPrime 2.0x: 1024m
0% 100%
min: 1166     avg: 1172.9 (14%)     max: 1179.83 seconds
Windows 7 Experience Index: Processor
0% 100%
min: 5.1     avg: 5.1 (65%)     max: 5.1 points
Cinebench R11.5: CPU 64Bit
0% 100%
min: 1.1     avg: 1.1 (10%)     max: 1.1 Points
- Range of benchmarks for this CPU
- Average benchmark score

Cinebench R10 in comparison
Intel Atom Z670 (min)
691 
...
Intel Core 2 Duo T7100
3419 
Intel Core 2 Duo T5670
3440 
AMD A-Series A4-3305M
3465 
AMD Athlon II M320
3475.5 
AMD Athlon II P320
3495.8 
Intel Pentium Dual Core T2410
3529 
AMD Turion II M500
3592 
...
Intel Core i7 (Desktop) 3960X (max)
27189.5 

Reviews for the AMD Athlon II M320 processor

Asus K51AE-SX049L (ATI Radeon HD 4200, 15.6")
» Asus K51AE-SX049L - External Review

HP Compaq Presario CQ61-420us (ATI Radeon HD 4200, 15.6")
» HP Compaq Presario CQ61-420us - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6-2120eg (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650, 15.6")
» HP Pavilion dv6-2120eg - External Review

Lenovo G455-4KB (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550, 14.0")
» Lenovo G455-4KB - External Review

Packard Bell EasyNote LJ71 (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650, 17.3")
» Packard Bell EasyNote LJ71 - External Review

Samsung R525 Eikee NP-R525-JS01DE (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470, 15.6")
» Review Samsung R525 Eikee NP-R525-JS01DE Notebook - Review
» Samsung R525 - External Review

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Other CPUs of the series AMD Athlon II

» AMD Athlon II N370
   2.5 GHz / 1 MB
» AMD Athlon II N350
   2.4 GHz / 1 MB
» AMD Athlon II N330
   2.3 GHz / 1 MB
» AMD Athlon II P360
   2.3 GHz / 1 MB
» AMD Athlon II M360
   2.3 GHz / 1 MB
» AMD Athlon II P340
   2.2 GHz / 1 MB
» AMD Athlon II M340
   2.2 GHz / 1 MB
» AMD Athlon II P320
   2.1 GHz / 1 MB
» AMD Athlon II M320
   2.1 GHz / 1 MB
» AMD Athlon II M300
   2 GHz / 1 MB

Surrounding CPUs

- AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-84
   2.3 GHz / 2 MB
- Intel Pentium Dual Core T3200
   2 GHz / 1 MB
- Intel Pentium Dual Core T2410
   2 GHz / 1 MB
- AMD E-Series E2-3000M
   1.8 GHz / 1 MB
- AMD Athlon II P320
   2.1 GHz / 1 MB
» AMD Athlon II M320
   2.1 GHz / 1 MB
+ Intel Core i3 2357M
   1.3 GHz / 512 KB + 3072 KB
+ AMD A-Series A4-3300M
   1.9 GHz / 2048 KB
+ AMD A-Series A4-3305M
   1.9 GHz / 1024 KB
+ Intel Core 2 Duo T7100
   1.8 GHz / 2048 KB
+ Intel Core 2 Duo T5670
   1.8 GHz / 2048 KB
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Author: Klaus Hinum (Update: 2011-08-25)