AMD Athlon II X4 638 vs AMD Phenom II X2 B53

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 638 and AMD Phenom II X2 B53 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 638

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• 2x 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
• Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 80 Watt
• Around 98% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2250 vs 1137
• Around 45% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 4651 vs 3215

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X2 B53

• Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
• Around 13% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1865 vs 1654

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 638
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X2 B53

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1163 1161
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2250 1137
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1654 1865
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	4651 3215

Compare specifications (specs)