Phenom II X2 N660 vs Athlon 64 2000+

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 2000+ and Phenom II X2 N660 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno data2x AMD Phenom II
Architecture codenameLima (2008−2009)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release dateJune 2008 (16 years ago)1 January 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 2000+ 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Boost clock speed1 GHz3 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
L1 cache128 KB256 KB
L2 cache512 KB2 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Die size77 mm2no data
Number of transistors122 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 2000+ 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
SocketAM2S1
Power consumption (TDP)8 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 2000+ 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-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 2000+ and Phenom II X2 N660. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 8 Watt 35 Watt

Athlon 64 2000+ has 337.5% lower power consumption.

Phenom II X2 N660, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 2000+ and Phenom II X2 N660. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 64 2000+ is a desktop processor while Phenom II X2 N660 is a notebook one.


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