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AMD Athlon II N350 vs Intel Core i3-2370M vs AMD Athlon II P360

AMD Athlon II N350

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The AMD Athlon II N350 is an entry to mid range dual core processor for laptops. Compared to the faster Phenom II and Turion II processors of 2010, the Athlon II N350 features only a 64 Bit FPU (Floating Point Unit), and not 128 Bit as the Athlon II Desktop. Therefore, some rumors also indicate that the N350 could still be based on K8 parts.

The Athlon II N350 offers an integrated DDR3-1066 (or 800 according to Wikipedia) dual-channel memory controller and a 1.6 GHz HyperTransport 3.0 link (HT3200) to the chipset.

The performance of the Athlon N350 should be on par with a 2.2 GHz clocked Pentium T4400 processor of 2009. 

Intel Core i3-2370M

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The Intel Core i3-2370M is a dual core processor for laptops. It is based on the Sandy Bridge architecture and offers Hyper-threading to handle 4 threads at once (for a better usage of the pipeline). Compared to the faster Core i5, the i3 does not offer the Turbo Boost technique for the CPU part and is therefore clocked at 2.4 GHz (max).

Sandy Bridge is the evolutionary successor of the Arrandale architecture. The most noteable improvements are the new 256 Bit AVX instructions, the improved Turbo Boost 2.0 (not enabled for the processor part of the 2370M) and the integration of the graphics card into the 32nm CPU core. 

Der i3-2370M offers an integrated graphics card (Intel HD Graphics 3000) which is clearly faster then the older Intel HD Graphics in the Arrandale CPUs. As the new GPU is included in the CPU, it is also manufactured in 32nm and shares the fast level 3 cache with the CPU cores (using a new ring bus). In the 2370M it is clocked from 650-1150MHz (with Turbo Boost). The faster Sandy Bridge CPUs are clocked up to 1300 MHz (like the i5-2520M).

Furthermore, an improved dual-channel DDR3 memory controller is included on the CPU die that is used by the CPU and GPU part. It supports up to 16GB DDR3-1333.

Due to the improved architecture, the average performance of the Core i7-2370M is higher than a similar clocked Arrandale Core i3 without Turbo Boost. In synthetic benchmarks, the performance is a bit above the Core i3-390M (2.66 GHz) and therefore adequate for most applications.

The 35W TDP rating includes the integrated GPU and memory controller.

AMD Athlon II P360

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The AMD Athlon II P360 is an entry level dual core processor for laptops. Compared to the faster Phenom II and Turion II processors of 2010, the Athlon II P360 features only a 64 Bit FPU (Floating Point Unit), and not 128 Bit as the Athlon II Desktop.

The Athlon II P360 offers an integrated DDR3-1066 (or 800 according to Wikipedia) dual-channel memory controller and a 1.6 GHz HyperTransport 3.0 link (HT3200) to the chipset.

The performance of the Athlon P360 is somewhere between a 1.9 - 2.3 GHz Pentium processor with 1 MB Level 2 Cache.

The Athlon II P360 is similar to the Athlon II N330 except for the lower TDP rating. Therefore, it is also suited for smaller laptops (e.g. 13").

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ModelAMD Athlon II N350Intel Core i3-2370MAMD Athlon II P360
SeriesAMD Athlon IIIntel Core i3AMD Athlon II
CodenameChamplainSandy BridgeChamplain
Series: Athlon II Champlain
AMD Athlon II N3702.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Athlon II N350 « 2.4 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Athlon II N3302.3 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Athlon II P3602.3 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Athlon II P3402.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Athlon II P3202.1 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Core i3-2370M « 2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2350M2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2348M2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2330M2.2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2328M2.2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2312M2.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2310M2.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2308M2.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2377M1.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2375M1.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2367M1.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2365M1.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i3-2357M1.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
AMD Athlon II N3702.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Athlon II N3502.4 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Athlon II N3302.3 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Athlon II P360 « 2.3 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Athlon II P3402.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Athlon II P3202.1 GHz2 / 2 cores
Clock2400 MHz2400 MHz2300 MHz
FSB32003200
L1 Cache256 KB128 KB256 KB
L2 Cache1 MB512 KB1 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 42 / 2
TDP35 Watt35 Watt25 Watt
Transistors234 Million624 Million
Technology45 nm32 nm45 nm
Die Size117.5 mm2149 mm2
SocketS1rPGA988B, BGA1023S1g4
FeaturesDDR3-1066 memory controller, MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, VirtualizationHD Graphics 3000, DDR3-1066/1333 Memory Controller (max 8GB), HyperThreading, AVX, Quick Sync, VirtualizationSSE-3, SSE4A, 3DNow!, MMX, DEP, SVM
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
L3 Cache3 MB
max. Temp.85 (PGA), 100 (BGA) °C
iGPUIntel HD Graphics 3000 (650 - 1150 MHz)
$225 U.S.
Manufacturerark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 2370M +
min: 2.04     avg: 2.2     median: 2.3 (3%)     max: 2.31 Points
52%
1 P360 +
1.2 Points (2%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 2370M +
min: 0.88     avg: 0.9     median: 1 (24%)     max: 0.96 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
100%
1 2370M +
min: 3087     avg: 3132     median: 3135 (19%)     max: 3165 Points
62%
1 P360 +
1946 Points (12%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
100%
1 2370M +
min: 7006     avg: 7059     median: 7064 (5%)     max: 7104 Points
53%
1 P360 +
3728 Points (3%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
100%
1 2370M +
min: 8337     avg: 8507     median: 8505 (6%)     max: 8681 Points
49%
1 P360 +
4206 Points (3%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
100%
1 2370M +
min: 3787     avg: 3886     median: 3903 (5%)     max: 3951 Points
57%
1 P360 +
2227 Points (3%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
1 2370M +
min: 661     avg: 700     median: 715 (8%)     max: 740 s
95%
1 P360 +
1064 s (13%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
1 2370M +
min: 20.7     avg: 22     median: 22.5 (5%)     max: 23.38 s
98%
1 P360 +
33.3 s (7%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
100%
1 2370M +
min: 2070     avg: 2515     median: 2514.5 (4%)     max: 2959 Points
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
100%
1 2370M +
0.1 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
100%
1 2370M +
min: 0.192     avg: 0.2     median: 0.2 (3%)     max: 0.196 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
100%
1 2370M +
min: 0.22     avg: 0.2     median: 0.2 (1%)     max: 0.222 GB/s
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
100%
1 2370M +
min: 2844     avg: 2878     median: 2869.5 (6%)     max: 2962 Points
63%
1 P360 +
1797 Points (4%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
100%
1 2370M +
min: 16     avg: 16.4     median: 16.4 (4%)     max: 16.52 s
96%
1 P360 +
35 s (8%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
1 2370M +
min: 37.3     avg: 37.6     median: 37.6 (2%)     max: 38 s
98%
1 P360 +
80 s (3%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 2370M +
min: 859     avg: 865     median: 862 (4%)     max: 871 s
95%
1 P360 +
1868 s (8%)
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) - SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
100%
1 2370M +
35330 MIPS (17%)
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) - SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
100%
1 2370M +
25650 MFLOPS (20%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 CPU
100%
1 2370M +
6.8 Points (87%)
81%
1 P360 +
5.5 Points (71%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
100%
1 2370M +
min: 7353     avg: 7659     median: 7782 (7%)     max: 7854 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
100%
1 2370M +
min: 2796     avg: 2898     median: 2898 (8%)     max: 3000 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 2370M +
26098 Points (21%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
100%
1 2370M +
2218 Points (6%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
100%
1 2370M +
3155 Points (6%)

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