Spring Speed Leap: AMD Athlon64 FX-53

More Speed, More Performance

With the Athlon64 FX-53, AMD has given its latest processor a 200 MHz boost. The result is a genuine 2.4 GHz clock speed, based on a 130 nm process and a 1.55 volts.

While our air-cooled FX-51 could barely cope with overclocking from 2.2 GHz to 2.4 GHz, and our previous record of 2.8 GHz was only attainable with extravagant compressor cooling, the FX-53 reached 2.6 GHz without too much effort.

In addition to superior benchmarks, the FX-53 also has significant potential, which the latest Pentium 4, despite its 40% higher clock speed, lacks. The Athlon64 FX's exceptional scalability is based, in part, on the dual-channel memory controller for Dual DDR400 built into the processor, the performance of which grows with each increase of the processor's speed.

Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.