Athlon 64 X2 3600+ vs A8-3500M

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Primary details

Comparing A8-3500M and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2538not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-Seriesno data
Power efficiency2.37no data
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Manchester (2005−2006)
Release date14 June 2011 (13 years ago)31 May 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-3500M and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)128 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm90 nm
Die size228 mm2156 mm2
Number of transistors1,178 million154 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A8-3500M and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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 configuration11
SocketFS1939
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-3500M and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6620Gno data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-3500M and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-3500M and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 6620GOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

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.

A8-3500M 1400
+121%
Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 633

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 June 2011 31 May 2005
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 89 Watt

A8-3500M has an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 181.3% more advanced lithography process, and 154.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A8-3500M and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A8-3500M is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 X2 3600+ is a desktop one.


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