Athlon X2 7450: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Athlon X2 7450 sales on December 2008. Based on a Kuma architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 65 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2400 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM2+ processor with a TDP of 95 Watt.
Primary details
Athlon X2 7450 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Kuma (2008−2009) | |
| Release date | December 2008 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
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 | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K) |
| Die size | 285 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 450 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon X2 7450 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 8454H) |
| Socket | AM2+ | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
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Recommended GPUs
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