AMD Athlon X2 65 vs 3700+ |
First seen on June, 2012
AMD Athlon X2 65
- 2.1 GHz
- Dual core
5.1 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon X2 65
 | Much newer manufacturing process 65 nm | | Much lower typical power consumption 28.44W |
| | Has virtualization support Yes | | Much higher Maximum operating temperature 100 °C |
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Released June, 2004
AMD Athlon 3700+
- 2.4 GHz
- Single core
5 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the 3700+
| | Higher clock speed 2.4 GHz | | Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core |
| | Better overclocked clock speed (Air) 2.87 GHz | | Better overclocked clock speed (Water) 2.4 GHz |
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 65 vs 3700+ among all CPUs
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more | |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
| Sky Diver and Cloud Gate | |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
| Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
No winner declared
Too close to call
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AMD Athlon X2 65CPUBoss Winner |  | |
Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 65 nm | vs | 130 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 28.44W | vs | 72.31W | 2.5x lower typical power consumption | |||
| Has virtualization support | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Boosts performance of virtual machines | |||
| Much higher Maximum operating temperature | 100 °C | vs | 70 °C | Around 45% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
| More cores | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Much lower annual home energy cost | 8.43 $/year | vs | 21.44 $/year | 2.5x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 30.66 $/year | vs | 77.96 $/year | 2.5x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Better performance per watt | 1.51 pt/W | vs | 0.49 pt/W | More than 3x better performance per watt | |||
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| Higher clock speed | 2.4 GHz | vs | 2.1 GHz | Around 15% higher clock speed | |||
| Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.5 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
| Better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.87 GHz | vs | 2.21 GHz | Around 30% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.4 GHz | vs | 2.1 GHz | Around 15% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Athlon X2 65 vs 3700+
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Athlon X2 65 | vs | 3700+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Single core | |
| Socket type | |||
| S1 | |||
| 754 | |||
| 939 | |||
| Is unlocked | No | No | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | No | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 35W | 89W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 8.43 $/year | 21.44 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 30.66 $/year | 77.96 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 1.51 pt/W | 0.49 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 28.44W | 72.31W | |
details | Athlon X2 65 | vs | 3700+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 2 | 1 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 65 nm | 130 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 100°C | Unknown - 70°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 2.21 GHz | 2.87 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.1 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
| PassMark (Overclocked) | 645.2 | 978.6 | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.21 GHz | 2.87 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | None | |
| Label | N/A | N/A | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
| Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| 3DMark06 | N/A | N/A | |
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