Athlon 64 X2 6000+ vs Pentium Dual T3400

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T3400 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual Coreno data
Power efficiencyno data0.44
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Windsor (2006−2007)
Release date1 October 2008 (16 years ago)August 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T3400 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 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
Boost clock speed2.16 GHz3.1 GHz
Bus rate667 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache1 MB512K
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm90 nm
Die size143 mm2220 mm2
Number of transistors291 Million227 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T3400 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 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
SocketPPGA478AM2
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt125 Watt

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.

Pentium Dual T3400 653
Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 939
+43.8%

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 65 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 125 Watt

Pentium Dual T3400 has a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 257.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Dual Core T3400 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium Dual Core T3400 is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 X2 6000+ is a desktop one.


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Intel Pentium Dual Core T3400
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AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
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