Intel Atom D2560 vs AMD Athlon II P320

Comparative analysis of Intel Atom D2560 and AMD Athlon II P320 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom D2560

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 25 Watt
Launch date 24 October 2012 vs 12 May 2010
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 25 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II P320

  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 2.1 GHz vs 2 GHz
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 812 vs 353
  • Around 61% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 695 vs 433
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.1 GHz vs 2 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 812 vs 353
PassMark - CPU mark 695 vs 433

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Atom D2560
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II P320

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
353
812
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
433
695
Name Intel Atom D2560 AMD Athlon II P320
PassMark - Single thread mark 353 812
PassMark - CPU mark 433 695
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 245
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 434
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.94
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2.78
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.434

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Atom D2560 AMD Athlon II P320

Essentials

Architecture codename Cedarview Champlain
Launch date 24 October 2012 12 May 2010
Place in performance rating 3190 3202
Series Intel Atom AMD Athlon II
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Price now $29.95
Value for money (0-100) 11.97

Performance

64 bit support
L2 cache 1 MB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 2 GHz 2.1 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 4 2
Front-side bus (FSB) 3200 MHz
L1 cache 256 KB

Compatibility

Sockets supported FCBGA559 S1g4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 25 Watt