Ryzen 3 3300 vs Athlon 64 LE-1660

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 LE-1660 and Ryzen 3 3300 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 processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameLima (2008−2009)Zen 2 (2017−2020)
Release dateMay 2008 (16 years ago)March 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 LE-1660 and Ryzen 3 3300 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1no data
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache128 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm7 nm
Die size77 mm2no data
Number of transistors122 million4800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 LE-1660 and Ryzen 3 3300 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
SocketAM2AM4
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt50 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 LE-1660 and Ryzen 3 3300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 LE-1660 and Ryzen 3 3300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 LE-1660 and Ryzen 3 3300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 6
Chip lithography 65 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 50 Watt

Athlon 64 LE-1660 has 11.1% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 3 3300, on the other hand, has 500% more physical cores, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

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