AMD Athlon II X4 630 vs AMD Athlon 64 2800+

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 630 and AMD Athlon 64 2800+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 630

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 56% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 130 nm
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1129 vs 511
  • 4.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2157 vs 438
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2009 vs April 2004
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1129 vs 511
PassMark - CPU mark 2157 vs 438

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 2800+

  • Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 89 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 630
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 2800+

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1129
511
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2157
438
Name AMD Athlon II X4 630 AMD Athlon 64 2800+
PassMark - Single thread mark 1129 511
PassMark - CPU mark 2157 438
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 347
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.166
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.684

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X4 630 AMD Athlon 64 2800+

Essentials

Architecture codename Propus NewCastle
Launch date September 2009 April 2004
Launch price (MSRP) $63 $100
Place in performance rating 2968 2976
Price now $42.99 $99.99
Value for money (0-100) 21.49 1.29
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 169 mm 144 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 130 nm
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz 1.8 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Transistor count 300 million 69 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 754
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 89 Watt