Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 vs Pentium 2117U

Place in the ranking	2768	3049
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	2x AMD Athlon 64
Power efficiency	3.56	1.70
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)	Tyler (2007−2009)
Release date	1 September 2012 (12 years ago)	1 November 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$134	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium 2117U and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	1600 MHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	0 MB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	22 nm	65 nm
Die size	118 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	1,400 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 2117U and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 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	no data
Socket	FCBGA1023	Socket S1
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	20 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 2117U and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	86x Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP), MMX, PowerNow, SSE3,-64, Enhanced 3DNow
PowerNow	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
My WiFi	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium 2117U and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 2117U and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 2117U and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 2117U and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 2117U and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no 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.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium 2117U 0.64
+77.8%

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 0.36

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.

Pentium 2117U 1022
+77.1%

Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 577

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.64	0.36
Recency	1 September 2012	1 November 2009
Chip lithography	22 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	20 Watt

Pentium 2117U has a 77.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 195.5% more advanced lithography process, and 17.6% lower power consumption.

The Pentium 2117U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 2117U and Athlon 64 X2 TK-42, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.