Atom D2500 vs FX-6300
Primary details
Comparing FX-6300 and Atom D2500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1690 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 49 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Atom |
| Architecture codename | Vishera (2012−2015) | Cedarview (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 23 October 2012 (11 years ago) | 28 December 2011 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
FX-6300 and Atom D2500 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 6 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 1.86 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 1.87 GHz |
| L1 cache | 288 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 6144 KB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 8192 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 315 mm2 | 66 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 71 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,200 million | 176 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| P0 Vcore voltage | Min: 1.15 V - Max: 1.3875 V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on FX-6300 and Atom D2500 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 | AM3+ | FCBGA559 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 10 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-6300 and Atom D2500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| PAE | no data | 36 Bit |
| AMT | no data | - |
| Status | no data | Discontinued |
| HD Audio | no data | + |
Security technologies
FX-6300 and Atom D2500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-6300 and Atom D2500 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-6300 and Atom D2500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3-1866 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 1 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 6.4 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | Intel GMA |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of FX-6300 and Atom D2500 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-6300 and Atom D2500.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 4 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 2 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 8 |
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 October 2012 | 28 December 2011 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 2 |
| Threads | 6 | 2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 10 Watt |
FX-6300 has an age advantage of 9 months, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.
Atom D2500, on the other hand, has 850% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FX-6300 and Atom D2500. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that FX-6300 is a desktop processor while Atom D2500 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between FX-6300 and Atom D2500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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