Athlon 900 vs Pentium P6300

Primary details

Comparing Pentium P6300 and Athlon 900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2826	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)	Thunderbird (1999−2000)
Release date	11 January 2011 (13 years ago)	6 March 2000 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$899

Detailed specifications

Pentium P6300 and Athlon 900 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
Base clock speed	2.27 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	0.07 GHz	0.9 GHz
Bus type	DMI 1.0	no data
Bus rate	1 × 2.5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	17	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	180 nm
Die size	81+114 mm2	102 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	70 °C
Number of transistors	382 Million	22 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium P6300 and Athlon 900 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	PGA988	A
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	60 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium P6300 and Athlon 900. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

FMA	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Pentium P6300 and Athlon 900 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium P6300 and Athlon 900 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium P6300 and Athlon 900. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	17.051 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors	N/A
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	667 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium P6300 and Athlon 900 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium P6300 and Athlon 900.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 January 2011	6 March 2000
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	60 Watt

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