Phenom II X2 N660 vs A8-3820

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Primary details

Comparing A8-3820 and Phenom II X2 N660 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2240not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno data2x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency1.99no data
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date20 December 2011 (13 years ago)1 January 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-3820 and Phenom II X2 N660 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 speed2.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)256 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size228 mm2no data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A8-3820 and Phenom II X2 N660 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 configuration1no data
SocketFM1S1
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-3820 and Phenom II X2 N660. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataHyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Vurtualization
VirusProtect-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-3820 and Phenom II X2 N660 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-3820 and Phenom II X2 N660. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 6550Dno data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A8-3820 304
Phenom II X2 N660 349
+14.8%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A8-3820 929
+51.5%
Phenom II X2 N660 613

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 December 2011 1 January 2011
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

A8-3820 has an age advantage of 11 months, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Phenom II X2 N660, on the other hand, has 85.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A8-3820 and Phenom II X2 N660. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that A8-3820 is a desktop processor while Phenom II X2 N660 is a notebook one.


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