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.

 

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 1703 1704
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™)