AMD Athlon II X3 445 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E4300

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 445 and Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 445

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
• Around 72% higher clock speed: 3.1 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 6x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 92% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1273 vs 662
• 3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1826 vs 593
• Around 76% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 383 vs 218
• 2.7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1036 vs 387

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo E4300

• Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 445
CPU 2: Intel Core 2 Duo E4300

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1273 662
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1826 593
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	383 218
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1036 387

Compare specifications (specs)