AMD Duron 900: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Duron 900 sales 20 August 2001 at a recommended price of $129. Based on a Spitfire architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 180 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 900 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket A processor with a TDP of 25 Watt. It supports DDR1 Depends on motherboard memory.
Primary details
Duron 900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
Place in the ranking | not rated | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Market segment | Desktop processor | |
Series | AMD Duron | |
Architecture codename | Spitfire (2000−2001) | |
Release date | 20 August 2001 (23 years ago) | |
Launch price (MSRP) | $129 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
Physical cores | 1 (Single-Core) | |
Threads | 1 | |
Boost clock speed | 0.9 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
Bus type | FSB | |
Bus rate | 200 MT/s | |
Multiplier | 9 | of 42 (Core i7-7700K) |
L1 cache | 128 KB | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
L2 cache | 64 KB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
Chip lithography | 180 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
Die size | 105.68 mm2 | |
Number of transistors | 25 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
64 bit support | - | |
Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Duron 900 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 (Uniprocessor) | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
Socket | A | |
Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Duron 900's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR1 Depends on motherboard | |
Maximum memory size | 4 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Duron 900.
Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
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Recommended GPUs
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