Athlon II X3 450 vs A6-7310

Place in performance ranking	1950	2268
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	4.89
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD A-Series	no data
Architecture codename	Carrizo-L (2015)	Rana (2009−2011)
Release date	7 May 2015 (9 years ago)	21 September 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$45
Current price	$452	$22 (0.5x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

A6-7310 and Athlon II X3 450 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	3 (Tri-Core)
Threads	4	3
Base clock speed	2 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.2 GHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	169 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	930 Million	300 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A6-7310 and Athlon II X3 450 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	no data	1
Socket	FP4	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	12-25 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-7310 and Athlon II X3 450. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, BMI1, F16C, AMD64, VT	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
FMA	FMA4	no data
AVX	+	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
PowerGating	+	no data
Out-of-band client management	-	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-7310 and Athlon II X3 450 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	1	no data
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-7310 and Athlon II X3 450. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1866	DDR3
Max memory channels	1	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R4 Graphics	no data
Enduro	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-7310 and Athlon II X3 450 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-7310 and Athlon II X3 450 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	1	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-7310 and Athlon II X3 450.

PCIe version

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A6-7310 1.74
+46.2%

Athlon II X3 450 1.19

A6-7310 outperforms Athlon II X3 450 by 46% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A6-7310 2689
+46.7%

Athlon II X3 450 1833

A6-7310 outperforms Athlon II X3 450 by 47% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A6-7310 229

Athlon II X3 450 326
+42.4%

Athlon II X3 450 outperforms A6-7310 by 42% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A6-7310 603

Athlon II X3 450 790
+31%

Athlon II X3 450 outperforms A6-7310 by 31% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.74	1.19
Recency	7 May 2015	21 September 2010
Physical cores	4	3
Threads	4	3
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	95 Watt

A6-7310 has a 46.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, a 60.7% more advanced lithography process, and 691.7% lower power consumption.

The A6-7310 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II X3 450 in performance tests.

Be aware that A6-7310 is a notebook processor while Athlon II X3 450 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between A6-7310 and Athlon II X3 450, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.