EPYC 9755 vs Athlon 64 X2 FX-60

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) FX-60 and EPYC 9755 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2823not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Series2x Athlon 64 (Desktop)no data
Power efficiency0.49no data
Architecture codenameToledo (2006)Turin (2024)
Release dateno data10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$12,984

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) FX-60 and EPYC 9755 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)128
Threads2256
Base clock speedno data2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus rate1000 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data512 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data16x 70.6 mm2
Number of transistorsno data133,040 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) FX-60 and EPYC 9755 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 data2
Socketno dataSP5
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) FX-60 and EPYC 9755. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) FX-60 and EPYC 9755 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) FX-60 and EPYC 9755. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) FX-60 and EPYC 9755.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data128

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 128
Threads 2 256
Chip lithography 90 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 500 Watt

Athlon 64 X2 FX-60 has 354.5% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9755, on the other hand, has 6300% more physical cores and 12700% more threads, and a 2150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 FX-60 and EPYC 9755. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 64 X2 FX-60 is a desktop processor while EPYC 9755 is a server/workstation one.


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