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It can be seen that Athlon II X2 240 lags behind Pentium E5300 in some tests.However,its advantages are shown in most cases,especially in game,HD and vedio encoding. In a word,Athlon II X2 240 defeat Pentium E5300 successfully.
As for Athlon II X2 245, it has similar results with 240.In fact, we can find Athlon II X2 240 is able to compete against with Pentium E5400,let alone Athlon II X2 245.
It is inferred that 45nm dual-core Athlon II X2 should be accepted by most consumers from power consumption perspective.In addition, Athlon II X2 also supports virtual technology.