Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 vs Athlon 64 X2 TK-42

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Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 Athlon 64 X2 TK-42
Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 Athlon 64 X2 TK-55

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD Athlon 642x Athlon 64
Architecture codenameTyler (2007−2009)Taylor / Hawk-256
Release date1 November 2009 (14 years ago)no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 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
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz1.8 GHz
Bus rate1600 MHz667 MHz
L1 cache0 MBno data
L2 cache1 MBno data
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 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.

SocketSocket S1no data
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP), MMX, PowerNow, SSE3,-64, Enhanced 3DNowno data
PowerNow+-
VirusProtect+-

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 X2 TK-42 577
+11.4%
Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 518

Pros & cons summary

Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 31 Watt

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 has 55% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55. We've got no test results to judge.

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