Athlon 950 vs E2-3000

Primary details

Comparing E2-3000 and Athlon 950 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD E-Series	no data
Architecture codename	Kabini (2013−2014)	Thunderbird (1999−2000)
Release date	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)	6 March 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$999

Detailed specifications

E2-3000 and Athlon 950 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
Boost clock speed	1.65 GHz	0.95 GHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	180 nm
Die size	246 mm2	102 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C	70 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	22 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on E2-3000 and Athlon 950 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	FT3	A
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	62 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E2-3000 and Athlon 950. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E2-3000 and Athlon 950 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E2-3000 and Athlon 950. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1
Max memory channels	1	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon HD 8280	N/A
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of E2-3000 and Athlon 950 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by E2-3000 and Athlon 950 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by E2-3000 and Athlon 950.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 May 2013	6 March 2000
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	28 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	62 Watt

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