Athlon II X2 215 vs E-450

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Primary details

Comparing E-450 and Athlon II X2 215 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated2675
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data8.66
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD E-Seriesno data
Architecture codenameZacate (2011−2013)Regor (2009−2013)
Release date22 August 2011 (12 years ago)October 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$45
Current price$125 $25 (0.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

E-450 and Athlon II X2 215 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
Boost clock speed1.65 GHz2.7 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography40 nm45 nm
Die size75 mm2117 mm2
Number of transistorsno data410 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on E-450 and Athlon II X2 215 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
SocketFT1 BGA 413-BallAM3
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E-450 and Athlon II X2 215. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-Vno data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E-450 and Athlon II X2 215 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E-450 and Athlon II X2 215. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3 Single-channelDDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 6320no 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.


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%

E-450 765
Athlon II X2 215 967
+26.4%

Athlon II X2 215 outperforms E-450 by 26% 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%

E-450 109
Athlon II X2 215 276
+153%

Athlon II X2 215 outperforms E-450 by 153% 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%

E-450 176
Athlon II X2 215 481
+173%

Athlon II X2 215 outperforms E-450 by 173% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 40 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 65 Watt

We couldn't decide between E-450 and Athlon II X2 215. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that E-450 is a notebook processor while Athlon II X2 215 is a desktop one.


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