A6-9550 vs Athlon 1000

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 1000 and A6-9550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Thunderbird C (2000−2001)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	6 March 2000 (24 years ago)	27 July 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,299	no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon 1000 and A6-9550 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	2
Base clock speed	no data	3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	1 GHz	4 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	180 nm	28 nm
Die size	102 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	70 °C	74 °C
Number of transistors	22 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 1000 and A6-9550 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	A	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 1000 and A6-9550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 1000 and A6-9550 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

-

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 1000 and A6-9550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1

DDR4 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

Radeon R5

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 March 2000	27 July 2017
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	180 nm	28 nm

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