FX-6120 vs Athlon II N330
Primary details
Comparing Athlon II N330 and FX-6120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1751 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Athlon II | no data |
| Power efficiency | no data | 2.44 |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Zambezi (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 12 May 2010 (14 years ago) | 23 October 2012 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon II N330 and FX-6120 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) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 6 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3200 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 288 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 6 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 117.5 mm2 | 315 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 234 Million | 1,200 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II N330 and FX-6120 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | S1 | AM3+ |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 95 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II N330 and FX-6120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization | no data |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II N330 and FX-6120 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II N330 and FX-6120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II N330 and FX-6120.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 May 2010 | 23 October 2012 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 6 |
| Threads | 2 | 6 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 95 Watt |
Athlon II N330 has 171.4% lower power consumption.
FX-6120, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Athlon II N330 and FX-6120. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Athlon II N330 is a notebook processor while FX-6120 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II N330 and FX-6120, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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