AMD Athlon II X2 245e vs AMD Phenom X3 8650

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 245e and AMD Phenom X3 8650 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Athlon II X2 245e

AMD Phenom X3 8650

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 245e

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 26% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 33% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1727 vs 1302

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	May 2010 vs April 2008
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1727 vs 1302

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X3 8650

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 7% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2991 vs 2805

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	3 vs 2
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	2991 vs 2805

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 245e
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X3 8650

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

1727

1302

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

2805

2991

Name	AMD Athlon II X2 245e	AMD Phenom X3 8650
PassMark - Single thread mark	1182
PassMark - CPU mark	1171
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1727	1302
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	2805	2991

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X2 245e	AMD Phenom X3 8650
Essentials
Architecture codename	Regor	Toliman
Launch date	May 2010	April 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$80
Place in performance rating	1627	1635
Price now	$80
Value for money (0-100)	6.28
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	117 mm	285 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB	512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz	2.3 GHz
Number of cores	2	3
Transistor count	410 million	450 million
L3 cache		2048 KB (shared)
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	AM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	95 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)