FX-6120 vs Athlon II N330

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon II N330 and FX-6120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1753
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Athlon IIno data
Power efficiencyno data2.44
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Zambezi (2011−2012)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)23 October 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II N330 and FX-6120 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads26
Base clock speedno data3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHzno data
L1 cache256 KB288 KB
L2 cache1 MB6 MB
L3 cacheno data8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size117.5 mm2315 mm2
Number of transistors234 Million1,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II N330 and FX-6120 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
SocketS1AM3+
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II N330 and FX-6120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualizationno data
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II N330 and FX-6120 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II N330 and FX-6120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II N330 and FX-6120.

PCIe versionno data2.0

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 II N330 665
FX-6120 3899
+486%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 May 2010 23 October 2012
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 6
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 95 Watt

Athlon II N330 has 171.4% lower power consumption.

FX-6120, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II N330 and FX-6120. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon II N330 is a notebook processor while FX-6120 is a desktop one.


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