Pentium E6800 vs Athlon 64 TF-20

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 TF-20 and Pentium E6800 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2655
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Athlon 64no data
Power efficiencyno data1.08
Architecture codenameSherman (2009)Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date1 May 2009 (15 years ago)29 August 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$831

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 TF-20 and Pentium E6800 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Base clock speedno data3.33 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz0.33 GHz
Bus rate667 MHzno data
L1 cache0.1 MB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB2 MB (shared)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data82 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C74 °C
Number of transistorsno data228 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 TF-20 and Pentium E6800 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
SocketS1g1LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 TF-20 and Pentium E6800. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus ProtectionIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-

Security technologies

Athlon 64 TF-20 and Pentium E6800 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 TF-20 and Pentium E6800 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 TF-20 and Pentium E6800. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 TF-20 and Pentium E6800.

PCIe versionno data2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 May 2009 29 August 2010
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt

Athlon 64 TF-20 has 160% lower power consumption.

Pentium E6800, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 TF-20 and Pentium E6800. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon 64 TF-20 is a notebook processor while Pentium E6800 is a desktop one.


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