AMD Athlon II X2 240 vs Phenom X3 8450

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AMD Athlon II X2 240 advantages

Operating frequency of the CPU is higher than the frequency of the AMD Phenom X3 8450.
This microprocessor is 32% more energy efficient.

AMD Phenom X3 8450 advantages

More CPU cores on the Phenom X3 8450 help to handle multiple applications or heavily multi-threaded tasks.

240 vs 8450 specifications comparison

The charts below compare the most important characteristics of the Phenom X3 8450 and AMD 240 microprocessors. These features, along with an IPC (instructions per cycle) number, determine how well a CPU performs. Darker area on the "On-chip cache" graph is for the On-chip L2 cache. Lighter area is for the L3 cache cache. Although the L3 cache cache is usually larger than the On-chip L2 cache, it is always slower.

The number of cores / threads

4
3.2
2.4
1.6
0.8
0

2

3

Higher is better

Operating frequency

4
3.2
2.4
1.6
0.8
0

2.8GHz

2.1GHz

Higher is better

On-chip L2 + L3 cache

4
3.2
2.4
1.6
0.8
0

2MB

3.5MB

Higher is better

Thermal Design Power

110
88
66
44
22
0

65W

95W

Lower is better

- AMD Athlon II X2 240 - AMD Phenom X3 8450

Detailed side by side comparison of 240 vs AMD 8450 specs can be found in the "Specifications" tab.

Pros and Cons summary


Athlon II X2 240	Phenom X3 8450
General recommendations: Operates at higher base frequency, Somewhat lower power	General recommendations: More cores for better multi-threading performance, Executes more threads at once
Drawbacks: Smaller number of CPU cores, Handles fewer threads	Drawbacks: Runs at lower base frequency, Less energy efficient

Similar processors


Athlon II X2 240	Phenom X3 8450
AMD 8450 vs 235e AMD 8450 vs 240e (rev. C2) AMD 8450 vs 245 (rev. C2)	AMD 240 vs 8400 AMD 240 vs 8450e AMD 240 vs 8550

Similar processors use the same socket and architecture as 240 and AMD 8450.

Where to buy

Both microprocessors are obsolete. If you are looking for one of them, the best place to check are auction websites, like eBay. Marketplace sellers at Amazon may also carry them.

Specifications

	AMD Athlon II X2 240	AMD Phenom X3 8450
	Basic details
Market segment	Desktop
Manufacturer	AMD
Family	AMD Athlon II X2	AMD Phenom X3
Model number	240	8450
CPU part number	ADX240OCK23GQ	HD8450WCJ3BGH
Box part number	ADX240OCGQBOX	HD8450WCGHBOX
Introduction date	July 22, 2009	April 23, 2008

	CPU features
Core name	Regor	Toliman
Microarchitecture	K10
Technology (micron)	0.045	0.065
Data width (bits)	64
Socket	Socket AM2+ / Socket AM3	Socket AM2 / Socket AM2+
Frequency (MHz)	2800	2100
Bus speed (MHz)	2000 (HT/QPI)	1800 (HT/QPI)
Clock Multiplier	14	10.5
L1 cache	128 KB (code) / 128 KB (data)	192 KB (code) / 192 KB (data)
L2 cache (KB)	2048	1536
L3 cache (KB)		2048
Max temperature (°C)	55 - 74	55 - 71
TDP (Watt)	65	95
Core voltage (V)	0.85 - 1.425	1.2 - 1.25
Cores	2	3
Threads	2	3
Multiprocessing	1

	Instruction set extensions
3DNow!	+
AMD64 / EM64T 64-bit technology	+
MMX	+
SSE	+
SSE2	+
SSE3	+

	Supported technologies
PowerNow! / Enhanced SpeedStep	+
Virtualization	+
Virus Protection / Execute Disable bit	+

	Integrated Graphics
GPU Type	None

Notes:

Rows with different specifications or features are highlighted.

For detailed specifications of "AMD Athlon II X2 240" or "AMD Phenom X3 8450" parts please click on the links in the table header.

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Last modified: 4 May 2013