C-70 vs Athlon 64 FX-74

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 FX-74 and C-70 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2798	3236
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.13	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD C-Series
Power efficiency	0.46	2.10
Architecture codename	Windsor (2006−2007)	Ontario (2011−2012)
Release date	November 2006 (18 years ago)	1 September 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$500	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 FX-74 and C-70 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	no data	1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	1.33 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	90 nm	40 nm
Die size	235 mm2	75 mm2
Number of transistors	227 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 FX-74 and C-70 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	F	FT1 BGA 413-Ball
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 FX-74 and C-70. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

no data

MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V, Radeon HD 6290 (276-400 MHz)

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 FX-74 and C-70 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

-

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 FX-74 and C-70. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1

DDR3 Single-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon HD 6290 (280 - 400 MHz)

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.61	0.20
Chip lithography	90 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	9 Watt

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