AMD Athlon II P320 vs AMD Phenom II X3 N830

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II P320 and AMD Phenom II X3 N830 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Athlon II P320

AMD Phenom II X3 N830

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II P320

Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 N830

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
1 more threads: 3 vs 2
Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 828 vs 812
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1241 vs 698
Around 11% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 271 vs 245
Around 59% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 688 vs 434
Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 1.863 vs 0.94
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 8.244 vs 2.78
Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2.19 vs 1.434

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	3 vs 2
Number of threads	3 vs 2
L2 cache	1536 KB vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	828 vs 812
PassMark - CPU mark	1241 vs 698
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	271 vs 245
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	688 vs 434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.863 vs 0.94
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	8.244 vs 2.78
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2.19 vs 1.434

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II P320
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 N830

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

812

828

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

698

1241

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

245

271

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

434

688

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

CPU 1

CPU 2

0.94

1.863

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

CPU 1

CPU 2

2.78

8.244

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

CPU 1

CPU 2

1.434

2.19

Name	AMD Athlon II P320	AMD Phenom II X3 N830
PassMark - Single thread mark	812	828
PassMark - CPU mark	698	1241
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	245	271
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	434	688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.94	1.863
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2.78	8.244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1.434	2.19
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.113

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II P320	AMD Phenom II X3 N830
Essentials
Architecture codename	Champlain	Champlain
Launch date	12 May 2010	12 May 2010
Place in performance rating	3213	3192
Price now	$29.95
Series	AMD Athlon II	3x AMD Phenom II
Value for money (0-100)	11.97
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB)	3200 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	1536 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	2.1 GHz	2.1 GHz
Number of cores	2	3
Number of threads	2	3
Compatibility
Sockets supported	S1g4	S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	35 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)