AMD Athlon II X2 260u vs AMD Athlon II X3 405e
Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 260u and AMD Athlon II X3 405e processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. 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 260u
- Around 80% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 45 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt vs 45 Watt |
Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 405e
- 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
- Around 28% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
- 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 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 973 vs 716
- Around 87% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1331 vs 713
Specifications (specs) | |
Number of cores | 3 vs 2 |
Maximum frequency | 2.3 GHz vs 1.8 GHz |
L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB |
L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 973 vs 716 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 1331 vs 713 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 260u
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 405e
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Athlon II X2 260u | AMD Athlon II X3 405e |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 716 | 973 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 713 | 1331 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 1119 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 1882 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Athlon II X2 260u | AMD Athlon II X3 405e | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Regor | Rana |
Launch date | October 2009 | October 2009 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $83 | $80 |
Place in performance rating | 2326 | 2313 |
Price now | $83.44 | $79.99 |
Value for money (0-100) | 3.90 | 7.46 |
Vertical segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Performance |
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64 bit support | ||
Die size | 117 mm | 169 mm |
L1 cache | 128 KB | 128 KB (per core) |
L2 cache | 1024 KB | 512 KB (per core) |
Manufacturing process technology | 45 nm | 45 nm |
Maximum frequency | 1.8 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
Number of cores | 2 | 3 |
Transistor count | 410 million | 300 million |
Memory |
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Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Compatibility |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
Sockets supported | AM3 | AM3 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt | 45 Watt |