Ryzen 5 1300 vs Athlon II X2 220

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X2 220 and Ryzen 5 1300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2741	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.30	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	0.96	no data
Architecture codename	Regor (2009−2013)	Zen (2017−2020)
Release date	21 September 2010 (14 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$32	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon II X2 220 and Ryzen 5 1300 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	no data
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	3.2 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	8192 KB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	117 mm2	192 mm2
Number of transistors	410 million	4800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 220 and Ryzen 5 1300 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	1
Socket	AM3	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X2 220 and Ryzen 5 1300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

-

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 220 and Ryzen 5 1300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 220 and Ryzen 5 1300.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm

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