AMD Athlon II Neo K145 vs AMD Phenom II X4 N930

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II Neo K145 and AMD Phenom II X4 N930 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II Neo K145

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 35 Watt
Launch date 15 December 2010 vs 12 May 2010
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 N930

  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • 3 more threads: 4 vs 1
  • Around 11% higher clock speed: 2 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 817 vs 592
  • 5.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1584 vs 298
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Number of threads 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 817 vs 592
PassMark - CPU mark 1584 vs 298

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II Neo K145
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 N930

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
592
817
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
298
1584
Name AMD Athlon II Neo K145 AMD Phenom II X4 N930
PassMark - Single thread mark 592 817
PassMark - CPU mark 298 1584
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 229
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 890

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II Neo K145 AMD Phenom II X4 N930

Essentials

Architecture codename Nile Champlain
Launch date 15 December 2010 12 May 2010
Place in performance rating 2851 2864
Series AMD Athlon II Neo 4x AMD Phenom II
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 2000 MHz 3600 MHz
L1 cache 128 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 1.8 GHz 2 GHz
Number of cores 1 4
Number of threads 1 4

Compatibility

Sockets supported S1 S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt 35 Watt

Advanced Technologies

VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)