Athlon 64 FX-57 vs Pentium Dual T3200
Aggregate performance score
Pentium Dual Core T3200 outperforms Athlon 64 FX-57 by a substantial 31% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3271 | 3375 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Pentium Dual Core | no data |
| Power efficiency | no data | 0.30 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Merom (2006−2008) | San Diego (2001−2005) |
| Release date | 1 October 2008 (17 years ago) | June 2005 (20 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Athlon 64 FX-57 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 | 2 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Bus rate | 667 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 90 nm |
| Die size | 143 mm2 | 115 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 291 Million | 114 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Dual Core T3200 and Athlon 64 FX-57 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | no data | 939 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 MB | 104 Watt |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.38 | 0.29 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 Watt | 104 Watt |
Pentium Dual T3200 has a 31% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 10300% lower power consumption.
The Intel Pentium Dual Core T3200 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 in performance tests.
Be aware that Pentium Dual Core T3200 is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 FX-57 is a desktop one.
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