Athlon II X2 245 vs Phenom II X4 P920

Place in performance ranking	2449	2592
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	5.89
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	4x AMD Phenom II	no data
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)	July 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$35
Current price	$122	$21 (0.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 P920 and Athlon II X2 245 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	2.9 GHz
Bus support	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	117 mm²
Number of transistors	no data	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 P920 and Athlon II X2 245 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	S1 (S1g4)	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and Athlon II X2 245. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, integrated DDR3-1066 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and Athlon II X2 245 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and Athlon II X2 245. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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.

Phenom II X4 P920 0.88
+22.2%

Athlon II X2 245 0.72

Phenom II X4 P920 outperforms Athlon II X2 245 by 22% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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%

Phenom II X4 P920 176

Athlon II X2 245 298
+69.3%

Athlon II X2 245 outperforms Phenom II X4 P920 by 69% 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%

Phenom II X4 P920 589
+11.8%

Athlon II X2 245 527

Phenom II X4 P920 outperforms Athlon II X2 245 by 12% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.