Athlon 64 FX-60 vs Celeron E1600

Primary details

Comparing Celeron E1600 and Athlon 64 FX-60 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2847not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency0.77no data
Architecture codenameAllendale (2006−2009)Toledo (2006)
Release date31 May 2009 (15 years ago)January 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron E1600 and Athlon 64 FX-60 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
Base clock speed2.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.6 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache512 KB (shared)2 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm90 nm
Die size77 mm2199 mm2
Maximum core temperature73 °Cno data
Number of transistors105 million233 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron E1600 and Athlon 64 FX-60 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
SocketLGA775939
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt110 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron E1600 and Athlon 64 FX-60. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Celeron E1600 and Athlon 64 FX-60 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron E1600 and Athlon 64 FX-60 are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron E1600 and Athlon 64 FX-60. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron E1600 and Athlon 64 FX-60.

PCIe version2.0no data

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.

Celeron E1600 840
+18.5%
Athlon 64 FX-60 709

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 65 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 110 Watt

Celeron E1600 has a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 69.2% lower power consumption.

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