Ultra 9 285K vs K6-2/300BNZ-66

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Primary details

Comparing K6-2/300BNZ-66 and Core Ultra 9 285K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated53
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data74.34
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD K6-2no data
Power efficiencyno data32.62
Architecture codenameK6-2 (1998−1999)Arrow Lake-S (2024−2025)
Release date22 March 1999 (25 years ago)24 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$589

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

K6-2/300BNZ-66 and Core Ultra 9 285K 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 cores1 (Single-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads124
Base clock speedno data3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz5.7 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate66.66 MT/s250 MHz
Multiplier4.5no data
L1 cacheno data112 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data3 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography0.25 µm3 nm
Die size81 mm2243 mm2
Number of transistors9 Million17,800 million
64 bit support-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on K6-2/300BNZ-66 and Core Ultra 9 285K 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 configurationno data1
Socketno data1851
Power consumption (TDP)no data125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by K6-2/300BNZ-66 and Core Ultra 9 285K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

K6-2/300BNZ-66 and Core Ultra 9 285K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by K6-2/300BNZ-66 and Core Ultra 9 285K are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by K6-2/300BNZ-66 and Core Ultra 9 285K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5 Depends on motherboard
Maximum memory size4 GBno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataArc Xe-LPG Graphics 64EU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by K6-2/300BNZ-66 and Core Ultra 9 285K.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 1999 24 October 2024
Physical cores 1 24
Threads 1 24

Ultra 9 285K has an age advantage of 25 years, and 2300% more physical cores and 2300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between K6-2/300BNZ-66 and Core Ultra 9 285K. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that K6-2/300BNZ-66 is a notebook processor while Core Ultra 9 285K is a desktop one.


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