AMD Athlon X2 450 vs AMD Athlon X4 760K

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X2 450 and AMD Athlon X4 760K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 450

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 100 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 100 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 760K

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 75% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1533 vs 878
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2971 vs 1295
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1533 vs 878
PassMark - CPU mark 2971 vs 1295

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X2 450
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X4 760K

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
878
1533
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1295
2971
Name AMD Athlon X2 450 AMD Athlon X4 760K
PassMark - Single thread mark 878 1533
PassMark - CPU mark 1295 2971
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 493
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1410
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X2 450 AMD Athlon X4 760K

Essentials

Architecture codename Kaveri
Launch date 31 Jul 2014
Place in performance rating 2428 2445
Family AMD Athlon Processors
OPN PIB AD760KWOHLBOX
OPN Tray AD760KWOA44HL
Series AMD Athlon X4
Vertical segment Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 3.5 GHz 3.8 GHz
Die size 245 mm²
L1 cache 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz 4.1 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2 4
Transistor count 2411 million
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Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FM2+ FM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 100 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)