Pentium Dual T4300 vs Athlon 64 X2 4600+

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+ and Pentium Dual Core T4300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated2596
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Series2x Athlon 64 (Desktop)Intel Pentium Dual Core
Architecture codenameWindsor (2006−2007)Penryn (2008−2011)
Release dateno data1 April 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+ and Pentium Dual Core T4300 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.1 GHz
Bus rate1000 MHz800 MHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cacheno data1 MB
Chip lithography90 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data107 mm2
Number of transistorsno data410 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+ and Pentium Dual Core T4300 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 dataP
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+ and Pentium Dual Core T4300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4600+ and Pentium Dual Core T4300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 720
Pentium Dual T4300 1232
+71.1%

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.

Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 1930
Pentium Dual T4300 2242
+16.2%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 3740
Pentium Dual T4300 4057
+8.5%

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 90 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Pentium Dual T4300 has a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 4600+ and Pentium Dual Core T4300. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 64 X2 4600+ is a desktop processor while Pentium Dual Core T4300 is a notebook one.


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