Celeron D 326 vs Athlon 64 FX-62

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 and Celeron D 326 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2767not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAthlon 64 (Desktop)no data
Power efficiency0.47no data
Architecture codenameWindsor (2006−2007)Prescott (2001−2005)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)September 2004 (20 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 and Celeron D 326 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speedno data2.53 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz2.53 GHz
Bus rate1000 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data16 KB
L2 cacheno data256 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography90 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data109 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data68 °C
Number of transistorsno data125 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.25V-1.4V

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 and Celeron D 326 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataPLGA478,PLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt84 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 and Celeron D 326. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 and Celeron D 326 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 and Celeron D 326 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 and Celeron D 326. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 84 Watt

Athlon 64 FX-62 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Celeron D 326, on the other hand, has 48.8% lower power consumption.

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