Phenom II X2 N620: specs and benchmarks

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Phenom II X2 N620
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.82

Phenom II X2 N620 provides poor benchmark performance at 0.82% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

AMD started Phenom II X2 N620 sales 12 May 2010. This is a Champlain architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2800 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is S1 processor with a TDP of 35 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

Primary details

Phenom II X2 N620 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking2600
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
Series2x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency2.22of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)

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 cores2 (Dual-core)
Threads2
Boost clock speed2.8 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus rate3600 MHz
L1 cache256 KBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache2 MBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
Chip lithography45 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X2 N620 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.

SocketS1
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X2 N620. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Vurtualization
VirusProtect+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Phenom II X2 N620's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Phenom II X2 N620. Overall benchmark performance 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.

Phenom II X2 N620 0.82

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Phenom II X2 N620 352

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Phenom II X2 N620 647

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Phenom II X2 N620 2503

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Phenom II X2 N620 4810

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Phenom II X2 N620 2282

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Phenom II X2 N620's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook CPUs.


Atom x7-Z8700 101.22
Phenom II X2 N620 100
A6-3420M 98.78
A4-5000 98.78

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Phenom II X2 N620 is Core i5-460M, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.

Here are some closest Intel rivals to Phenom II X2 N620:

Atom x7-Z8700 101.22
Core i5-480M 101.22
Phenom II X2 N620 100

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Recommended GPUs

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