Ultra 9 285T vs Athlon 64 X2 TK-42

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Core Ultra 9 285T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3048not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series2x AMD Athlon 64no data
Power efficiency1.70no data
Architecture codenameTyler (2007−2009)Arrow Lake-S (2024−2025)
Release date1 November 2009 (15 years ago)January 2025

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Core Ultra 9 285T 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads224
Base clock speedno data1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz5.4 GHz
Bus rate1600 MHzno data
L1 cache0 MB112 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB3 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm3 nm
Die sizeno data243 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data17,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Core Ultra 9 285T 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
SocketSocket S11851
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Core Ultra 9 285T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP), MMX, PowerNow, SSE3,-64, Enhanced 3DNowno data
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
VirusProtect+-
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Core Ultra 9 285T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Core Ultra 9 285T are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Core Ultra 9 285T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5 Depends on motherboard

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataArc Xe2 Graphics 64EU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Core Ultra 9 285T.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 24
Threads 2 24
Chip lithography 65 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 35 Watt

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 has 75% lower power consumption.

Ultra 9 285T, on the other hand, has 1100% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 2066.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Core Ultra 9 285T. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 is a notebook processor while Core Ultra 9 285T is a desktop one.


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