Intel Pentium 745A vs AMD Athlon II X2 240 |
Released April, 2004
Intel Pentium 745A
- 1.8 GHz
- Single core
Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium 745A
 | Much lower typical power consumption 17.06W | | Much more l2 cache per core 2 MB/core |
| | Much lower annual home energy cost 5.06 $/year | | Much lower annual commercial energy cost 18.4 $/year |
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Released July, 2009
AMD Athlon II X2 240
- 2.8 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon II X2 240
| | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm | | Significantly higher clock speed 2.8 GHz |
| | More advanced architecture x86-64 | | Has virtualization support Yes |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 17.06W | vs | 52.81W | 3.1x lower typical power consumption | |||
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| Much more l2 cache per core | 2 MB/core | vs | 1 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
| Much lower annual home energy cost | 5.06 $/year | vs | 15.66 $/year | 3.1x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 18.4 $/year | vs | 56.94 $/year | 3.1x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 32 nm | vs | 90 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| Significantly higher clock speed | 2.8 GHz | vs | 1.8 GHz | More than 55% higher clock speed | |||
| More advanced architecture | x86-64 | vs | x86 | A 64-bit architecture allows more RAM to be installed and accessed by the processor | |||
| Has virtualization support | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Boosts performance of virtual machines | |||
| Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.67 GHz | vs | 2.4 GHz | Around 55% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Newer | Jul, 2009 | vs | Apr, 2004 | Release date over 5 years later | |||
| More cores | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.8 GHz | vs | 1.8 GHz | More than 55% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Features Key features of the Pentium 745A vs Athlon II X2 240
clock speed
L2 cache
overclocked clock speed (air)
overclocked clock speed (water)
TDP
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium 745A | vs | Athlon II X2 240 |
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| Clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 2.8 GHz | |
| Cores | Single core | Dual core | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | No | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| AVX 1.1 | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| F16C | |||
| MMX | |||
| XOP | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| CLMUL | |||
| AMD64 | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| FMA4 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| CVT16 | |||
| AMD-V | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 21W | 65W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 5.06 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 18.4 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
| Typical power consumption | 17.06W | 52.81W | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
details | Pentium 745A | vs | Athlon II X2 240 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 1 | 2 | |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 2 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 90 nm | 32 nm | |
| Transistor count | 144,000,000 | 1,303,000,000 | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 3.67 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 1.8 GHz | 2.8 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.4 GHz | 3.67 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | None | |
| Label | N/A | N/A | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
| Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| 3DMark06 | N/A | N/A | |
bus | |||
| Clock speed | 400 MHz | 2,000 MHz | |
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