AMD Athlon II X4 645 vs AMD Athlon 64 3400+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 645 and AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 645

  • CPU is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 29% higher clock speed: 3.1 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 130 nm
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 93% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1256 vs 652
  • 4.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2348 vs 545
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2010 vs January 2001
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 3.1 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1256 vs 652
PassMark - CPU mark 2348 vs 545

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 3400+

  • Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 89 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 645
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 3400+

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1256
652
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2348
545
Name AMD Athlon II X4 645 AMD Athlon 64 3400+
PassMark - Single thread mark 1256 652
PassMark - CPU mark 2348 545
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 375
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1215
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 9.496

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X4 645 AMD Athlon 64 3400+

Essentials

Architecture codename Propus Clawhammer
Launch date September 2010 January 2001
Launch price (MSRP) $80
Place in performance rating 2780 2772
Price now $49.99
Value for money (0-100) 20.48
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 169 mm 193 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 130 nm
Maximum frequency 3.1 GHz 2.4 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Transistor count 300 million 105 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 754
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 89 Watt