Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 vs Pentium P6300
Aggregate performance score
Pentium P6300 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 by a substantial 36% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium P6300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2858 | 3007 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium | 2x Athlon 64 |
| Power efficiency | 1.43 | 1.19 |
| Architecture codename | Arrandale (2010−2011) | Hawk-256 |
| Release date | 9 January 2011 (13 years ago) | no data (2024 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium P6300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 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 | 2.27 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 0.27 GHz | 1.9 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 1.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 1 × 2.5 GT/s | 667 MHz |
| Multiplier | 17 | no data |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | no data |
| L3 cache | 3 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 81+114 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 384 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium P6300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 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 (Uniprocessor) | no data |
| Socket | PGA988 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 31 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium P6300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-57. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| FMA | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | 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 |
| PAE | 36 Bit | no data |
| FDI | + | no data |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium P6300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 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 Pentium P6300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium P6300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-57. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 17.051 GB/s | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors | no data |
| Clear Video | + | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | 667 MHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium P6300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium P6300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-57.
| 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.53 | 0.39 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 31 Watt |
Pentium P6300 has a 35.9% higher aggregate performance score, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.
Athlon 64 X2 TK-57, on the other hand, has 12.9% lower power consumption.
The Pentium P6300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium P6300 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-57, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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