Athlon Gold 3150U vs Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE and Athlon Gold 3150U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1755
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency	no data	15.84
Architecture codename	Windsor (2006−2007)	Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date	August 2007 (17 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE and Athlon Gold 3150U 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	4
Base clock speed	no data	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.3 GHz
Multiplier	no data	24
L1 cache	256 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	90 nm	14 nm
Die size	230 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	227 million	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE and Athlon Gold 3150U 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	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE and Athlon Gold 3150U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE and Athlon Gold 3150U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE and Athlon Gold 3150U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE and Athlon Gold 3150U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Pros & cons summary

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Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	90 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	15 Watt

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