Athlon 64 X2 3600+ vs Athlon 64 X2 TK-55

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series2x Athlon 64no data
Architecture codenameTaylor / Hawk-256Manchester (2005−2006)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)31 May 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz2 GHz
Bus rate667 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data256 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data156 mm2
Number of transistorsno data154 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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 data939
Power consumption (TDP)31 Watt89 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1

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 TK-55 518
Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 633
+22.2%

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 65 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 89 Watt

Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 has a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 187.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 X2 3600+ is a desktop one.


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