Athlon 64 X2 3600+ vs Athlon 64 LE-1600

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 LE-1600 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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	Windsor (2006−2007)	Manchester (2005−2006)
Release date	October 2007 (17 years ago)	31 May 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 LE-1600 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	2 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	90 nm	90 nm
Die size	230 mm2	156 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	69 °C	no data
Number of transistors	227 million	154 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 LE-1600 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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	AM2	939
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	89 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 LE-1600 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

DDR1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	89 Watt

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