AMD Athlon II M300 vs AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II M300 and AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Athlon II M300

AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II M300

CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 8 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
Around 8% higher clock speed: 2 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 130 nm
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 776 vs 546
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 670 vs 346

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2009 vs January 2001
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 130 nm
L2 cache	1024 KB vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	776 vs 546
PassMark - CPU mark	670 vs 346

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II M300
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

776

546

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

670

346

Name	AMD Athlon II M300	AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+
PassMark - Single thread mark	776	546
PassMark - CPU mark	670	346
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	236
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	447

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II M300	AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Caspian	Barton
Launch date	10 September 2009	January 2001
Place in performance rating	2948	2929
Series	AMD Athlon II
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB)	3200 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	512 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	130 nm
Maximum frequency	2 GHz	1.86 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Number of threads	2
Die size		101 mm
Transistor count		63 million
Compatibility
Sockets supported	Socket S1 (S1g3)	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Advanced Technologies
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