Athlon II X2 245 vs FX-9800P

Primary details

Comparing FX-9800P and Athlon II X2 245 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2089	2701
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	5.89
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	no data
Power efficiency	10.09	1.02
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	31 May 2016 (8 years ago)	23 July 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$35

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

FX-9800P 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
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.9 GHz
L1 cache	320 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per module)	2 MB
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Die size	250 mm2	117 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3,100 million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on FX-9800P 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	1	1
Socket	FP4	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-9800P and Athlon II X2 245. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-9800P and Athlon II X2 245 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-9800P and Athlon II X2 245. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3, DDR4

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-9800P and Athlon II X2 245.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	8	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.60	0.70
Recency	31 May 2016	23 July 2009
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

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