AMD Athlon II P360 vs Intel Core i3-350M

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II P360 and Intel Core i3-350M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II P360

  • CPU is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 2.26 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Launch date 16 December 2010 vs 10 January 2010
Maximum frequency 2.3 GHz vs 2.26 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-350M

  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 874 vs 868
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1083 vs 743
  • Around 27% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 324 vs 255
  • Around 43% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 720 vs 504
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 874 vs 868
PassMark - CPU mark 1083 vs 743
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 324 vs 255
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 720 vs 504

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II P360
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-350M

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
868
874
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
743
1083
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
255
324
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
504
720
Name AMD Athlon II P360 Intel Core i3-350M
PassMark - Single thread mark 868 874
PassMark - CPU mark 743 1083
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 255 324
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 504 720
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.268
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 20.244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.66

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II P360 Intel Core i3-350M

Essentials

Architecture codename Champlain Arrandale
Launch date 16 December 2010 10 January 2010
Place in performance rating 2871 3202
Price now $24 $44.05
Series AMD Athlon II Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Value for money (0-100) 16.23 12.65
Vertical segment Laptop Mobile
Launch price (MSRP) $130
Processor Number i3-350M
Status Discontinued

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 3200 MHz 2500 MHz
L1 cache 256 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 2.3 GHz 2.26 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2 4
Base frequency 2.26 GHz
Bus Speed 2.5 GT/s DMI
Die size 81 mm2
L3 cache 3072 KB
Maximum core temperature 90°C for rPGA, 105°C for BGA
Transistor count 382 million

Compatibility

Sockets supported S1g4 BGA1288, PGA988
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size rPGA 37.5mmx 37.5mm, BGA 34mmx28mm

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 17.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 8 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 500 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 667 MHz
Graphics max frequency 667 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)