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AMD Athlon 64 FX-60

Author Leo Waldock
Published 10th Jan 2006
Manufacturer AMD
Supplier Overclockers.co.uk
Price £699.57 (Exc VAT)
as reviewed £822.00 (Inc VAT)
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AMD Athlon 64 FX-60
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At the end of 2005 AMD had a superb range of desktop processors but there was a serious anomaly right at the top of the range. The £740 Athlon 64 FX-57 was supposed to be the performance king, and if you looked at isolated benchmarks it was the fastest processor in AMD’s range, however the dual core £560 Athlon 64 X2 4800+ was clearly a better processor for most PC users.

AMD has resolved the situation by launching the latest version of the Athlon FX as FX-60 rather than FX-59, and the big news is that it’s a dual core processor. The new FX has a clock speed of 2.6GHz, which is nominally 200MHz slower than the 2.8GHz FX-57, while the X2 4800+ runs at 2.4GHz. In many respects the FX-60 is a pair of FX-55s in a single Socket 939 processor, or if you prefer you could think of it as an Athlon 64 X2 5000+. Naturally the FX-60 is unlocked so while comparison is a little unfair let’s see how the FX-60 stacks up against the FX-57.

Athlon 64 FX-57Athlon 64 FX-60
Frequency / Cache Sizes2.8GHz2.6GHz
L2 Cache Sizes1MB1MB L2 cache per core (2MB total)
L1 Cache Sizes64KB of L1 instruction and 64KB of L1 data cache64KB of L1 instruction and 64KB of L1 data cache per core (256KB in total)
Memory ControllerIntegrated 128-bit wide memory controllerIntegrated 128-bit wide memory controller
Types of MemoryPC1600, PC2100, PC2700 and PC3200 DDR memoryPC1600, PC2100, PC2700 and PC3200 DDR memory
HyperTransport LinksOneOne
HyperTransport Spec2GHz (2x 1000MHz / DDR)2GHz (2x 1000MHz / DDR)
Effective data bandwidth14.4 GB/sec [8GB/sec HyperTransport + 6.4GB/sec memory bandwidth]14.4 GB/sec [8GB/sec HyperTransport + 6.4GB/sec memory bandwidth]
Packaging939-pin organic micro-PGA939-pin organic micro-PGA
Process Technology90nm (.09-micron) Silicon on Insulator (SOI)90nm (.09-micron) Silicon on Insulator (SOI)
Approximate Transistor count114 million233.2 million
Approximate Die Size115 square mm199 square mm
Nominal Voltage1.35-1.40V1.30-1.35V
Max Thermal Power104W110 W
Max Icc (processor current)74.9A80A

 

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