Athlon II P340 vs Core 2 Duo P7450

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Aggregate performance score

Core 2 Duo P7450
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.49
+8.9%
Athlon II P340
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.45

Core 2 Duo P7450 outperforms Athlon II P340 by a small 9% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo P7450 and Athlon II P340 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28992950
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoAMD Athlon II
Power efficiency1.851.70
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)4 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo P7450 and Athlon II P340 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.13 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.13 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHz3200 MHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache3 MB1 MB
L3 cache3 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors410 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.05V-1.15Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo P7450 and Athlon II P340 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.

SocketBGA479,BGA956,PGA478S1g4
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo P7450 and Athlon II P340. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataSSE-3, SSE4A, 3DNow!, MMX, DEP, SVM
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo P7450 and Athlon II P340 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo P7450 and Athlon II P340 are enumerated here.

VT-x-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.

Core 2 Duo P7450 0.49
+8.9%
Athlon II P340 0.45

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.

Core 2 Duo P7450 783
+10.3%
Athlon II P340 710

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.

Core 2 Duo P7450 260
+39%
Athlon II P340 187

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.

Core 2 Duo P7450 443
+44.3%
Athlon II P340 307

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Core 2 Duo P7450 2306
+21.7%
Athlon II P340 1895

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Core 2 Duo P7450 4373
+19.9%
Athlon II P340 3648

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Core 2 Duo P7450 1900
+5.5%
Athlon II P340 1801

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Core 2 Duo P7450 38.57
Athlon II P340 34.8
+10.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.49 0.45
Recency 1 January 2009 4 October 2010

Core 2 Duo P7450 has a 8.9% higher aggregate performance score.

Athlon II P340, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Core 2 Duo P7450 and Athlon II P340.


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