AMD Athlon X2 450 vs AMD FX-8370

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X2 450 and AMD FX-8370 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 X2 450

• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm SOI
• Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 125 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-8370

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
• 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
• 6 more threads: 8 vs 2
• Around 10% higher clock speed: 4.3 GHz vs 3.9 GHz
• Around 50% 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
• Around 84% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1618 vs 878
• 4.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6142 vs 1295

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X2 450
CPU 2: AMD FX-8370

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	878 1618
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1295 6142

Compare specifications (specs)