AMD Athlon II X2 260 vs AMD Phenom X3 8450e

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 260 and AMD Phenom X3 8450e 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 260

AMD Phenom X3 8450e

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 260

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 52% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1265 vs 824

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	May 2010 vs September 2008
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1265 vs 824
PassMark - CPU mark	1208 vs 1206

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X3 8450e

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

Number of cores	3 vs 2
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 260
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X3 8450e

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1265

824

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1208

1206

Name	AMD Athlon II X2 260	AMD Phenom X3 8450e
PassMark - Single thread mark	1265	824
PassMark - CPU mark	1208	1206
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	369
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	651

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X2 260	AMD Phenom X3 8450e
Essentials
Architecture codename	Regor	Toliman
Launch date	May 2010	September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$48
Place in performance rating	2506	2509
Price now	$19.99
Value for money (0-100)	27.59
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	3.2 GHz	2.1 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)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)