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: 2348 vs 982
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2010 vs March 2008
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.1 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 256 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1256 vs 621
PassMark - CPU mark 2348 vs 982

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron X2 2300

  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 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
2348
982
Name AMD Athlon II X4 645 AMD Sempron X2 2300
PassMark - Single thread mark 1256 621
PassMark - CPU mark 2348 982
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 Sempron X2 2300

Essentials

Architecture codename Propus Brisbane
Launch date September 2010 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $80
Place in performance rating 2764 2794
Price now $49.99
Value for money (0-100) 20.48
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 169 mm 118 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 256 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 3.1 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Transistor count 300 million 221 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Sockets supported AM3 AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 65 Watt