AMD Athlon II X4 645 vs AMD Sempron X2 2300

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 645 and AMD Sempron X2 2300 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 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• Around 41% higher clock speed: 3.1 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1256 vs 621
• 2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2351 vs 982

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron X2 2300

• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 645
CPU 2: AMD Sempron X2 2300

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1256 621
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2351 982

Compare specifications (specs)