AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E7300

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Combined performance score

Core 2 Duo E7300
0.63

General info

Comparing Core 2 Duo E7300 and Athlon 64 FX-74 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking26272622
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.110.13
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Windsor (2006−2009)
Release dateAugust 2008 (15 years old)November 2006 (17 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$500
Current price$26 $500 (1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Core 2 Duo E7300 has 2292% better value for money than Athlon 64 FX-74.

Technical specs

Core 2 Duo E7300 and Athlon 64 FX-74 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
Base clock speed2.66 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.67 GHz3 GHz
L1 cache64 KB128 KB
L2 cache3 MB (shared)1 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm90 nm
Die size107 mm2235 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors420 million227 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E7300 and Athlon 64 FX-74 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 configuration11
SocketLGA775F
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E7300 and Athlon 64 FX-74. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E7300 and Athlon 64 FX-74 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E7300 and Athlon 64 FX-74 are enumerated here.

VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E7300 and Athlon 64 FX-74. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR1

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.

Core 2 Duo E7300 0.63
Athlon 64 FX-74 0.63

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Core 2 Duo E7300 963
Athlon 64 FX-74 972
+0.9%

Athlon 64 FX-74 outperforms Core 2 Duo E7300 by 1% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Chip lithography 45 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 125 Watt

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E7300 and Athlon 64 FX-74. The differences in performance seem too small.


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