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AMD Phenom X3 8450: specs and benchmarks
Price now
22$
Games supported
50%
- Interface
- Core clock speed
- Max video memory
- Memory type
- Memory clock speed
- Maximum resolution
Year of release
2008
Performance
0.99
Summary
AMD started AMD Phenom X3 8450 sales on April 2008. This is a Toliman architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 3 cores and 3 threads, and is based on 65 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2100 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM2+ processor with a TDP of 95 Watt.
It provides poor benchmark performance at
0.99%
of a leader's which is AMD EPYC 9654.
General info
Phenom X3 8450 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance rating | 2314 | |
| Value for money | 4.29 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Toliman (2008) | |
| Release date | April 2008 (14 years old) | |
| Current price | $22 | of 25332 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Value for money
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 3 (Tri-Core) | |
| Threads | 3 | |
| Boost clock speed | 2.1 GHz | of 7.3 (Ryzen 9 7900) |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | of 1536 (EPYC Embedded 3401) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | of 12288 (Core 2 Quad Q9550) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | of 32 (Ryzen Threadripper 1998) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | of 4 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
| Die size | 285 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 450 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom X3 8450 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8160M) |
| Socket | AM2+ | |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 95 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Phenom X3 8450. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Overall 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.
- Passmark
- GeekBench 5 Single-Core
- GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
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: 67%
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: 37%
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: 37%
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Relative perfomance
Overall Phenom X3 8450 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.
Phenom X3 8450 Intel equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Phenom X3 8450 by Intel is Pentium G620, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 3 positions in our rating.
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Best GPU for Phenom X3 8450
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Phenom X3 8450, according to our PC configuration statistics.
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These are the fastest graphics cards for Phenom X3 8450 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 854 configurations based on Phenom X3 8450 in our database.
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