C-60 vs Athlon II Neo K145

Place in the ranking	3253	3232
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon II Neo	AMD C-Series
Power efficiency	1.50	2.10
Architecture codename	Nile (2010)	Ontario (2011−2012)
Release date	15 December 2010 (14 years ago)	22 August 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II Neo K145 and C-60 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	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	2
Base clock speed	no data	1 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	1.33 GHz
Bus rate	2000 MHz	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	40 nm
Die size	no data	75 mm²
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II Neo K145 and C-60 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	S1	FT1 BGA 413-Ball
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II Neo K145 and C-60. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3dDNow!, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization	MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V, Radeon HD 6290 (276-400 MHz)
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II Neo K145 and C-60 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II Neo K145 and C-60. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR3 Single-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon HD 6290

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 Neo K145 0.19

C-60 0.20
+5.3%

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 Neo K145 298

C-60 316
+6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.19	0.20
Recency	15 December 2010	22 August 2011
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	9 Watt

C-60 has a 5.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 months, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 12.5% more advanced lithography process, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Athlon II Neo K145 and C-60.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II Neo K145 and C-60, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.