Athlon 64 LE-1640B vs Pentium G5600

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium G5600 and Athlon 64 LE-1640B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)Lima (2008−2009)
Release dateno dataApril 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium G5600 and Athlon 64 LE-1640B 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threadsno data1
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz2.7 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128K
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512K
L3 cache6144 KB (shared)no data
Chip lithography14 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data77 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °C65 °C
Number of transistorsno data122 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G5600 and Athlon 64 LE-1640B 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
Socket1151AM2
Power consumption (TDP)51 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G5600 and Athlon 64 LE-1640B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
TSX+-

Security technologies

Pentium G5600 and Athlon 64 LE-1640B technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G5600 and Athlon 64 LE-1640B are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G5600 and Athlon 64 LE-1640B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR2

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Chip lithography 14 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 51 Watt 45 Watt

Pentium G5600 has 100% more physical cores, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon 64 LE-1640B, on the other hand, has 13.3% lower power consumption.

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