Core 2 Duo T6670 vs Athlon 64 FX-62

Place in the ranking	2787	2875
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	Athlon 64 (Desktop)	Intel Core 2 Duo
Power efficiency	0.48	1.41
Architecture codename	Windsor (2006−2007)	Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date	no data	1 January 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 and Core 2 Duo T6670 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	no data	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus rate	1000 MHz	800 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	90 nm	45 nm
Die size	220 mm²	107 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	243 million	410 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 and Core 2 Duo T6670 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	no data
Socket	AM2	PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 and Core 2 Duo T6670. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-

Security technologies

Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 and Core 2 Duo T6670 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 and Core 2 Duo T6670 are enumerated here.

VT-x

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 (Desktop) FX-62 and Core 2 Duo T6670. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1

no 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.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon 64 FX-62 0.63
+21.2%

Core 2 Duo T6670 0.52

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.

Athlon 64 FX-62 993
+20.1%

Core 2 Duo T6670 827

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Athlon 64 FX-62 2149
+16.2%

Core 2 Duo T6670 1850