Atom 330 vs Athlon X2 7450

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 7450 and Atom 330 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Power efficiencyno data2.72
Architecture codenameKuma (2008−2009)Diamondville (2008−2009)
Release dateDecember 2008 (16 years ago)2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$43

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 7450 and Atom 330 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)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz0.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rateno data533.33 MT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cache128 KB (per core)112 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Die size285 mm251.9276 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistors450 million94 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 7450 and Atom 330 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)
SocketAM2+PBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt8 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 7450 and Atom 330. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Athlon X2 7450 and Atom 330 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 7450 and Atom 330 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 7450 and Atom 330. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB

Pros & cons summary


Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 8 Watt

Atom 330 has 100% more threads, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 1087.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon X2 7450 and Atom 330. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon X2 7450 is a desktop processor while Atom 330 is a notebook one.


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