AMD today have launched five new processors, to replace current products, ranging from the budget Athlon II X2 260 to the Athlon II X4 610.
|
New Processor |
Speed / Mhz |
Cores |
TDP |
Price |
Processor Replaced |
|
Athlon II X4 640 |
3000 |
4 |
95W |
$122 |
Athlon II X4 635 |
|
Athlon II X4 610e |
2400 |
4 |
45W |
$143 |
Athlon II X4 605e |
|
Athlon II X3 445 |
3100 |
3 |
95W |
$87 |
Athlon II X3 440 |
|
Athlon II X3 415e* |
2500 |
3 |
45W |
$102 |
Athlon II X3 405e |
|
Athlon II X2 260 |
3200 |
2 |
65W |
$76 |
Athlon II X2 255 |
*The X3 415e is a 200Mhz improvement over the 405e.
All these new processors are AM3/AM2+ compatible, and the Athlon II X4 635 becomes AMD's best sub-$100 quad core processor, replacing the X4 630. Compare that with Intel's cheapest i5 quad-core processor, the i5-750, which currently retails at $199.
With this release, AMD are aiming at budget and mainstream markets, including low power conscious users - AMD list maximum temperatures for all models at below 75ºC. In terms of choice and compute-per-dollar, AMD is attacking the market hard. However, sometimes too much choice can be a bad thing - technically AMD are not discontinuing the oldest processors yet.
We have a few of these processors in to test, so stay tuned for results.
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BernardP - Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - link
There is a separate die with no L3 cache for the Athlon II X4, but when this product was first released, I read that AMD said that some of the Athlon II X4's could be Phenom II's with de-activated L3 cache.stephenbrooks - Monday, May 17, 2010 - link
I'm writing this on a 2400MHz Athlon X2 I got in 2005. Now there's a 3200MHz version of the X2 for $76, I mean how much cheaper can a CPU get? Shame the motherboard, RAM and all would need changing too (what is s939, three socket generations behind?)Bigroy - Monday, June 21, 2010 - link
This is going to go into my new build. I have read and researched and it seems to be the best all around processor.computerfarmers - Thursday, July 29, 2010 - link
I picked up an AMD 445 x3 CPU and have unlocked the extra core and have level3 cache. CPUz sees it as a Phenom II x4 model B45. It is now running at 3.7ghz with all 4 cores. this is something I did not expect.crzyc - Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - link
Anyone know where we can purchase a 610e or 415e?