Ultra 9 288V vs Athlon 64 X2 TK-42

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Core Ultra 9 288V processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated627
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD Athlon 64no data
Power efficiencyno data38.30
Architecture codenameTyler (2007−2009)Lunar Lake (2024)
Release date1 November 2009 (15 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Core Ultra 9 288V 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speedno data3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus rate1600 MHz37 MHz
L1 cache0 MB192 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2.5 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm3 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Core Ultra 9 288V 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 S1Intel BGA 2833
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt30 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Core Ultra 9 288V. 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+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Core Ultra 9 288V 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 288V 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 288V. 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 dataArc 140V

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Core Ultra 9 288V.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

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 TK-42 577
Ultra 9 288V 19288
+3243%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 November 2009 24 September 2024
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 8
Chip lithography 65 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 30 Watt

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 has 50% lower power consumption.

Ultra 9 288V, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 2066.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Core Ultra 9 288V. We've got no test results to judge.


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