AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+, 2.0 GHz (ADA3800CUBOX) Boxed Processor

The X2-series introduced by AMD looks somewhat better in that respect. However, especially in comparison with the award-winning energy efficiency of the Venice core, the introductory offers of AMD's dual core architecture did not look so great either. On the other hand, high power consumption is not necessarily a must, since power management should be able to take care of most of the overhead.