Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 vs Athlon II M300

Place in the ranking	2968	3074
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon II	2x Athlon 64
Power efficiency	1.14	1.01
Architecture codename	Caspian (2009)	Taylor / Hawk-256
Release date	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II M300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus rate	3200 MHz	667 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 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.

Socket	Socket S1 (S1g3)	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization	no data
PowerNow	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR2

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon II M300 0.42
+27.3%

Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 0.33

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 II M300 670
+29.3%

Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 518

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Athlon II M300 1552
+17.9%

Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 1316