AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640
Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 640 and AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 640
- CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
- Around 15% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
- 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
- 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
- 2.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1211 vs 489
- 5.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2245 vs 430
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | May 2010 vs October 2007 |
Number of cores | 4 vs 1 |
Maximum frequency | 3 GHz vs 2.6 GHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 45 nm vs 90 nm |
L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB |
L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 1211 vs 489 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 2245 vs 430 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640
- 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt vs 95 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 640
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Athlon II X4 640 | AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640 |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 1211 | 489 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 2245 | 430 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 358 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 1191 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score | 0 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 2.776 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 7.618 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.17 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 4.052 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Athlon II X4 640 | AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Propus | Windsor |
Launch date | May 2010 | October 2007 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $80 | |
Place in performance rating | 3023 | 3011 |
Price now | $239.95 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 4.07 | |
Vertical segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Performance |
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64 bit support | ||
Die size | 169 mm | 230 mm |
L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 1024 KB |
Manufacturing process technology | 45 nm | 90 nm |
Maximum frequency | 3 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
Number of cores | 4 | 1 |
Transistor count | 300 million | 227 million |
Memory |
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Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
Compatibility |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
Sockets supported | AM3 | AM2 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 95 Watt | 45 Watt |