Athlon 800 vs Turion X2 RM-77

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Primary details

Comparing Turion X2 RM-77 and Athlon 800 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 segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series2x AMD Turionno data
Architecture codenameGriffin (2008−2009)Thunderbird (1999−2000)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)20 December 1999 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$799

Detailed specifications

Turion X2 RM-77 and Athlon 800 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)
Threads21
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz0.8 GHz
Bus rate4000 MHzno data
L1 cache0 MB128 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm180 nm
Die sizeno data102 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data70 °C
Number of transistorsno data22 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion X2 RM-77 and Athlon 800 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
SocketSocket S1 (638)A
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt43 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 RM-77 and Athlon 800. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualizationno data
PowerNow+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion X2 RM-77 and Athlon 800 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion X2 RM-77 and Athlon 800. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2009 20 December 1999
Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 65 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 43 Watt

Turion X2 RM-77 has an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 176.9% more advanced lithography process, and 22.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Turion X2 RM-77 and Athlon 800. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Turion X2 RM-77 is a notebook processor while Athlon 800 is a desktop one.


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