i5-6685R vs Athlon II X3 450

VS

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X3 450 and Core i5-6685R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2374not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.89no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Core i5
Power efficiency1.16no data
Architecture codenameRana (2009−2011)Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date21 September 2010 (14 years ago)22 April 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$45$288

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon II X3 450 and Core i5-6685R 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 cores3 (Tri-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads34
Base clock speed3.2 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data32
L1 cache128 KB (per core)256 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache0 KB6 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size169 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data71 °C
Number of transistors300 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X3 450 and Core i5-6685R 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM3no data
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X3 450 and Core i5-6685R. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
eDRAMno data128 MB
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Athlon II X3 450 and Core i5-6685R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X3 450 and Core i5-6685R are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X3 450 and Core i5-6685R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.134 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel Iris Pro Graphics 580
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.15 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II X3 450 and Core i5-6685R integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon II X3 450 and Core i5-6685R integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon II X3 450 and Core i5-6685R integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X3 450 and Core i5-6685R.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 September 2010 22 April 2016
Physical cores 3 4
Threads 3 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 65 Watt

i5-6685R has an age advantage of 5 years, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 46.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II X3 450 and Core i5-6685R. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II X3 450 and Core i5-6685R, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


AMD Athlon II X3 450
Athlon II X3 450
Intel Core i5-6685R
Core i5-6685R

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


3.4 289 votes

Rate Athlon II X3 450 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

No user ratings yet.

Rate Core i5-6685R on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Athlon II X3 450 or Core i5-6685R, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.