Athlon 64 X2 3600+ vs Core 2 Duo T6670

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T6670 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2860not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duono data
Power efficiency1.41no data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Manchester (2005−2006)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)31 May 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T6670 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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 speed2.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm90 nm
Die size107 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors410 Million154 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T6670 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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 configurationno data1
SocketPGA478939
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T6670 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. 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

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T6670 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T6670 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T6670 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

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.

Core 2 Duo T6670 827
+30.6%
Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 633

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2009 31 May 2005
Chip lithography 45 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 89 Watt

Core 2 Duo T6670 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 154.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T6670 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo T6670 is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 X2 3600+ is a desktop one.


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