Athlon XP 2700+ vs C-60

Place in the ranking	3232	3292
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD C-Series	no data
Power efficiency	2.10	0.22
Architecture codename	Ontario (2011−2012)	Thoroughbred (2001−2002)
Release date	22 August 2011 (13 years ago)	October 2002 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$85

Detailed specifications

C-60 and Athlon XP 2700+ 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.33 GHz	2.17 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	256 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	40 nm	130 nm
Die size	75 mm²	80 mm²
Number of transistors	no data	37 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on C-60 and Athlon XP 2700+ 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	1	1
Socket	FT1 BGA 413-Ball	A
Power consumption (TDP)	9 Watt	68 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by C-60 and Athlon XP 2700+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V, Radeon HD 6290 (276-400 MHz)

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by C-60 and Athlon XP 2700+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by C-60 and Athlon XP 2700+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3 Single-channel

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 6290

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.

C-60 0.20
+25%

Athlon XP 2700+ 0.16

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.

C-60 316
+23.4%

Athlon XP 2700+ 256

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.20	0.16
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	40 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	9 Watt	68 Watt

C-60 has a 25% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 225% more advanced lithography process, and 655.6% lower power consumption.

The C-60 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon XP 2700+ in performance tests.

Be aware that C-60 is a notebook processor while Athlon XP 2700+ is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between C-60 and Athlon XP 2700+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.