Athlon PRO 300U vs Core 2 Extreme QX6800

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Extreme QX6800 and Athlon PRO 300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated1638
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Athlon
Architecture codenameKentsfield (2007)Raven Ridge 2 (2019)
Release dateApril 2007 (17 years ago)8 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price$174 no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Extreme QX6800 and Athlon PRO 300U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.93 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.93 GHz3.3 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache8 MB (shared)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die size2x 143 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature65 °Cno data
Number of transistors582 million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierYesNo
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Extreme QX6800 and Athlon PRO 300U 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketLGA775FP5
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Extreme QX6800 and Athlon PRO 300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI-+
AVXno 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 Extreme QX6800 and Athlon PRO 300U 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 Extreme QX6800 and Athlon PRO 300U are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Extreme QX6800 and Athlon PRO 300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Extreme QX6800 and Athlon PRO 300U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 15 Watt

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Extreme QX6800 and Athlon PRO 300U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Extreme QX6800 is a desktop processor while Athlon PRO 300U is a notebook one.


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