AMD Athlon 64 TF-20: specs and benchmarks
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Summary
AMD started AMD Athlon 64 TF-20 sales 1 May 2009. This is a Sherman architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 65 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1600 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is S1g1 processor with a TDP of 25 Watt.
It provides poor benchmark performance at
of a leader's which is AMD EPYC 9654.
General info
Athlon 64 TF-20 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance rating | 1660 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | AMD Athlon 64 | |
| Architecture codename | Sherman (2009) | |
| Release date | 1 May 2009 (13 years old) | |
| Current price | $4.99 | of 25332 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 1 (Single-Core) | |
| Threads | 1 | |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | of 7.3 (Ryzen 9 7900) |
| Bus support | 667 MHz | |
| L1 cache | 64+64 KB | of 1536 (EPYC Embedded 3401) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | of 12288 (Core 2 Quad Q9550) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | of 4 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | of 110 (Atom x7-E3950) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 TF-20 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.
| Socket | S1g1 | |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 25 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 TF-20. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection | |
| VirusProtect | + |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Athlon 64 TF-20. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Overall 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.
- Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
- 3DMark06 CPU
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Benchmark coverage: 20%
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
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Relative perfomance
Overall Athlon 64 TF-20 performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook CPUs.
Athlon 64 TF-20 Intel equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Athlon 64 TF-20 from Intel is Core i7-4578U, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our rating.
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Similar processors
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Best GPU for Athlon 64 TF-20
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Athlon 64 TF-20, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Athlon 64 TF-20 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 32 configurations based on Athlon 64 TF-20 in our database.
