Athlon 1300 vs Core 2 Quad Q6700

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q6700 and Athlon 1300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2266not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.31no data
Architecture codenameKentsfield (2007)Thunderbird B (2000−2001)
Release dateApril 2007 (17 years ago)21 March 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$318

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q6700 and Athlon 1300 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Base clock speed2.66 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.67 GHz1.3 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
L1 cache64K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache8 MB (shared)256 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm180 nm
Die size2x 143 mm2120 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)62 °Cno data
Number of transistors582 million37 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q6700 and Athlon 1300 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
SocketLGA775A
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt68 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q6700 and Athlon 1300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Core 2 Quad Q6700 and Athlon 1300 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 Quad Q6700 and Athlon 1300 are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q6700 and Athlon 1300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 65 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 68 Watt

Core 2 Quad Q6700 has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 176.9% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon 1300, on the other hand, has 54.4% lower power consumption.

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