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AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-42

AMD TK-42

The AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core TK-42 is an entry level laptop processor with two cores. It features an integrated DDR2 memory controller and is manufactured in 65nm SOI. Hardware Virtualization is not offered according to AMD and usually AMD also disables some power saving features in the Athlon series processors.

CodenameTyler
SeriesAMD Athlon 64 X2
Clock Rate1600 MHz
Front Side Bus1600
Level 1 Cache0 MB
Level 2 Cache1 MB
Number of Cores / Threads2 / 2
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)20 Watt
Manufacturing Technology65 nm
Max. Temperature95 °C
SocketSocket S1
FeaturesEnhanced Virus Protection (EVP), MMX, PowerNow, SSE3, x86-64, Enhanced 3DNow
64 Bit64 Bit support
Architecturex86
Announcement Date11/01/2009
Product Link (external)products.amd.com

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Reviews for the AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 processor

Acer Ferrari One 200-1799: ATI Radeon HD 3200, 11.60", 1.5 kg
  External Review » Acer Ferrari One 200-1799

Novatech B17: ATI Radeon Xpress X1270, 17.00", 2.9 kg
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Acer Aspire 5517-1643: ATI Radeon HD 3200, 15.60", 2.5 kg
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Other CPUs of the series Athlon 64 X2

» AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-55
   2x 1.8 GHz
» AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53
   2x 1.7 GHz
» AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-42
   2x 1.6 GHz
» AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-57
   2x 1.9 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-53
   2x 1.7 GHz
+ AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53
   2x 1.7 GHz
+ Intel Core Duo T2300
   2x 1.66 GHz
+ Intel Core Duo T2300E
   2x 1.66 GHz
+ Intel Core Duo L2400
   2x 1.66 GHz
» AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-42
   2x 1.6 GHz
- Intel Pentium Dual Core T2080
   2x 1.73 GHz
- Intel Core Duo U2400
   2x 1.06 GHz
- Intel Atom D2500
   2x 1.87 GHz
- AMD E2-2000
   2x 1.75 GHz
- AMD E2-3000
   2x 1.65 GHz
Klaus Hinum (Update: 2026-01- 8)