Ryzen 5 8645HS vs Athlon II X2 260u

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X2 260u and Ryzen 5 8645HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated498
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiencyno data30.15
Architecture codenameRegor (2009−2013)Hawk Point-HS (Zen 4) (2023−2024)
Release date20 October 2009 (15 years ago)6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$83no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon II X2 260u and Ryzen 5 8645HS 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 cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data4.3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.8 GHz5 GHz
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm4 nm
Die size117 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors410 million25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X2 260u and Ryzen 5 8645HS 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 configuration11
SocketAM3FP8
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X2 260u and Ryzen 5 8645HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataRyzen AI, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X2 260u and Ryzen 5 8645HS are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X2 260u and Ryzen 5 8645HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)AMD Radeon 760M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X2 260u and Ryzen 5 8645HS.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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.

Athlon II X2 260u 713
Ryzen 5 8645HS 22775
+3094%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 October 2009 6 December 2023
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 45 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 45 Watt

Athlon II X2 260u has 80% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 8645HS, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II X2 260u and Ryzen 5 8645HS. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon II X2 260u is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 8645HS is a notebook one.


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