C-70 vs Athlon 64 FX-74

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 FX-74 and C-70 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2782not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.13no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD C-Series
Power efficiency0.46no data
Architecture codenameWindsor (2006−2007)Ontario (2011−2012)
Release dateNovember 2006 (18 years ago)1 September 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$500no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 FX-74 and C-70 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data1 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz1.33 GHz
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography90 nm40 nm
Die size235 mm275 mm2
Number of transistors227 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 FX-74 and C-70 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
SocketFFT1 BGA 413-Ball
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 FX-74 and C-70. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V, Radeon HD 6290 (276-400 MHz)

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 FX-74 and C-70 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 FX-74 and C-70. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR3 Single-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 6290

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.

Athlon 64 FX-74 972
+209%
C-70 315

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 90 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 9 Watt

C-70 has a 125% more advanced lithography process, and 1288.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 FX-74 and C-70. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 64 FX-74 is a desktop processor while C-70 is a notebook one.


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