AMD Athlon II Neo K345 vs AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II Neo K345 and AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325 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.

AMD Athlon II Neo K345

AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II Neo K345

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 18 Watt

Launch date	18 December 2010 vs 10 September 2009
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 18 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325

Around 7% higher clock speed: 1.5 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 567 vs 552
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 556 vs 527

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	1.5 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	567 vs 552
PassMark - CPU mark	556 vs 527

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II Neo K345
CPU 2: AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

552

567

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

527

556

Name	AMD Athlon II Neo K345	AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325
PassMark - Single thread mark	552	567
PassMark - CPU mark	527	556

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II Neo K345	AMD Athlon Neo X2 L325
Essentials
Architecture codename	Champlain	Congo
Launch date	18 December 2010	10 September 2009
Place in performance rating	2898	2882
Series	AMD Athlon II Neo	2x AMD Athlon Neo
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB)	2000 MHz	1600 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	1.4 GHz	1.5 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
Maximum core temperature		95 °C
Compatibility
Sockets supported	S1	ASB1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt	18 Watt
Advanced Technologies
PowerNow
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)