i3-6120T vs Athlon 750

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 750 and Core i3-6120T 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
Seriesno dataIntel Core i3
Architecture codenameThunderbird (1999−2000)Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date29 November 1999 (24 years ago)9 May 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon 750 and Core i3-6120T 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads14
Boost clock speed0.75 GHzno data
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB128 KB
L2 cache512 KB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB3 MB
Chip lithography180 nm14 nm
Die size102 mm298.57 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors22 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 750 and Core i3-6120T 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketALGA-1151
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 750 and Core i3-6120T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 750 and Core i3-6120T are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 750 and Core i3-6120T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AIntel HD Graphics 530

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 750 and Core i3-6120T.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 November 1999 9 May 2016
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 4
Chip lithography 180 nm 14 nm

i3-6120T has an age advantage of 16 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.

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