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AMD ATHLON II X4 645

"We are testing the AMD Athlon II X4 645 CPU against the AMD Athlon II X2 240 CPU to find out if raw speed is a match for cheapness? The AMD Athlon II X4 645 is clocked at 3100Mhz while the AMD Athlon II X2 240 is clocked at 2800Mhz which is 10% slower. Another advantage the AMD Athlon II X4 645 has is it's Quadcore while the AMD Athlon II X2 240 is only using Dualcore. The AMD Athlon II X4 645 type Propus is a Socket AM3 Processor operating at 3100Mhz, has a Front Side Bus speed of 400Mhz and 4x512K L2 Cache. The AMD Athlon II X4 645 supports MMX+, 3DNow+, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, x86-64 and AMD-V. Benchmarks are:- Windows Experience, Cinebench, Computmark, Everest, Nuclearus, Performance Test. 3dmark are 3dmark 2006, 3dmark Vantage and 3dmark 11. Games are Hawk 2, Lost Planet 2, Mafia 2 and Dawn of War 2."

"Exceptional Performance allow you to do more in less time and take advantage of true multi-core performance and true multitasking capability. Get a PC experience optimized to deliver the benefits of the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system. Convert music, HD video, and other media fast. Manage all your home media files and run the software you need to create, share and your media."

"Get superior performance with the AMD Athlon II X4 645 and enjoyment from your PC experience with next generation processor technology for hassle free, efficient computing. With next-generation processor technology you can enjoy superior application performance. Convert music and HD video fast. Get superior performance on many of today's most popular applications for an amazing experience. Enjoy a responsive PC with next-generation AMD Direct Connect Architecture."

	SYSTEM INFORMATION
PROCESSOR	AMD ATHLON II X4 645
	AMD ATHLON II X2 240
MOTHERBOARD	FOXCONN M61PMV
VIDEO CARD	PALIT GEFORCE GTS 450 SONIC
NVIDIA DRIVER	FORCEWARE v260.89 WHQL
MEMORY	CORSAIR 4GB DDR2 XMS2 DOMINATOR
OPERATING SYSTEM	WINDOWS 7 SP1

DAWN OF WAR 2

NORMAL QUALITY

	135
	125

HIGH QUALITY

	83
	70

AMD ATHLON II X4 645 AMD ATHLON II X2 240

COMMENT - "AMD Athlon II X4 645 beats AMD Athlon II X2 240 by 8% with Normal Quality and by 16% with High Quality."

HAWK 2

NORMAL QUALITY

	130
	94

HIGH QUALITY

	69
	67

AMD ATHLON II X4 645 AMD ATHLON II X2 240

COMMENT - "Hawk 2 is a very recent games which as expected makes good use of Quadcore. The AMD Athlon II X4 645 beats the AMD Athlon II X2 240 by 67% with Normal Quality and 3% with High Quality."

LOST PLANET 2

NORMAL QUALITY

	113
	81

HIGH QUALITY

	46
	39

AMD ATHLON II X4 645 AMD ATHLON II X2 240

COMMENT - "The AMD Athlon II X4 645 puts in a great performance with Lost Planet 2 beating the AMD Athlon II X2 240 by 29% with Normal Quality and by 16% with High Quality."

MAFIA 2

NORMAL QUALITY

	69
	45

AMD ATHLON II X4 645 AMD ATHLON II X2 240

COMMENT - "The AMD Athlon II X4 645 runs Mafia 2 very well beating the AMD Athlon II X2 240 by 35%."

FINAL RESULT

COMMENT - "The AMD Athlon II X4 645 is a very fast clocked budget Quad Core. The AMD Athlon II X4 645 is reasonably priced and has lots of computing power in multi-thread applications. The AMD Athlon II X4 645 has great compatibility with older chipsets, has low operating temperatures thanks to the Power consumption improvements over the older Athlon II X4 Processors. The AMD Athlon II X4 645 downside is the lack of L3 Cache which might be noticeable in some applications. Another downside is the Gaming performance which although superior other Athlon II Processors isn't in the same league as the Phenom II Processors which are more expensive. Let's not finish on the downsides, so the positives with the AMD Athlon II X4 645 are the budget price, fast clocked cores, good power consumption, backward compatibility to AMD2+ and overall very good gaming performance. The AMD Athlon II X4 645 was 38% faster than the AMD Athlon II X2 240 overall. What is especially impressive about the AMD Athlon II X4 645 is that it is only 33% more expensive than the AMD Athlon II X2 240 which makes it good value for money. Ultimate Hardware recommends the AMD Athlon II X4 645 highly because it offers great price and amazing performance for one of the best X4 Processors you can buy."

AMD ATHLON II X4 645 SCORES 10/10!