Ryzen 5 6600U vs Athlon 64 X2 TK-42

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Ryzen 5 6600U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	741
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	2x AMD Athlon 64	AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Power efficiency	no data	65.71
Architecture codename	Tyler (2007−2009)	Rembrandt-U (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release date	1 November 2009 (15 years ago)	January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Ryzen 5 6600U 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	no data	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	4.5 GHz
Bus rate	1600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	0 MB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	6 nm
Die size	no data	208 mm2
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	95 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Ryzen 5 6600U 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 configuration	no data	1
Socket	Socket S1	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Ryzen 5 6600U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP), MMX, PowerNow, SSE3,-64, Enhanced 3DNow	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
PowerNow	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Ryzen 5 6600U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Ryzen 5 6600U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 660M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Ryzen 5 6600U.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	6
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	65 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	15 Watt

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