AMD Z-60 vs Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300

Comparative analysis of AMD Z-60 and Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Z-60

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 40 nm vs 45 nm
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 5 Watt vs 10 Watt
Launch date October 2012 vs 1 September 2009
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 5 Watt vs 10 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300

  • Around 30% higher clock speed: 1.3 GHz vs 1 GHz
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Maximum frequency 1.3 GHz vs 1 GHz
L2 cache 3 MB vs 1024 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Z-60
CPU 2: Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300

Name AMD Z-60 Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300
PassMark - Single thread mark 318
PassMark - CPU mark 262
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 177
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 309

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Z-60 Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300

Essentials

Architecture codename Hondo Penryn
Launch date October 2012 1 September 2009
Place in performance rating 3227 3290
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Series Intel Core 2 Duo

Performance

64 bit support
L1 cache 64 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB 3 MB
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 1 GHz 1.3 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Die size 107 mm
Front-side bus (FSB) 800 MHz
Number of threads 2
Transistor count 410 Million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FT1 BGA956
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 5 Watt 10 Watt

Security & Reliability

Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)