Core 2 Duo E6850 vs Athlon X2 340

Place in the ranking	2598	2702
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	Core 2 Duo (Desktop)
Power efficiency	1.19	1.05
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Conroe (2006−2007)
Release date	2 October 2012 (12 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 340 and Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6850 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	3 GHz
Bus rate	no data	1333 MHz
L1 cache	96K	64 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (shared)	4 MB
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Die size	246 mm²	143 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,303 million	291 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 340 and Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6850 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	1	1
Socket	FM2	775
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 340 and Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6850. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 340 and Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6850 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 340 and Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6850. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3-1600

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 340 and Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6850.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

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.

Athlon X2 340 0.82
+13.9%

Core 2 Duo E6850 0.72

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 X2 340 1310
+14.2%

Core 2 Duo E6850 1147

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.

Athlon X2 340 300

Core 2 Duo E6850 332
+10.7%

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.

Athlon X2 340 422

Core 2 Duo E6850 559
+32.5%