Athlon 64 X2 5600+ vs E2-3000M

Primary details

Comparing E2-3000M and Athlon 64 X2 5600+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2806
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD E-Seriesno data
Power efficiencyno data0.61
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Windsor (2006−2007)
Release date20 December 2011 (12 years ago)December 2006 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

E2-3000M and Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 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 speed1.8 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.9 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)256 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)512K
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm90 nm
Die size228 mm2220 mm2
Number of transistors1,178 million227 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on E2-3000M and Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 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
SocketFS1AM2
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E2-3000M and Athlon 64 X2 5600+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE4.1/2, 3DNow, Radeon HD 6380Gno data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E2-3000M and Athlon 64 X2 5600+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E2-3000M and Athlon 64 X2 5600+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 6380Gno 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.



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.

E2-3000M 668
Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 911
+36.4%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

E2-3000M 231
Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 231

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

E2-3000M 426
+6.2%
Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 401

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 32 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 89 Watt

E2-3000M has a 181.3% more advanced lithography process, and 154.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between E2-3000M and Athlon 64 X2 5600+. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that E2-3000M is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 X2 5600+ is a desktop one.


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