AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD Phenom II X3 B75

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 640 and AMD Phenom II X3 B75 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 7 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2262 vs 1751
Specifications (specs)
Launch date May 2010 vs October 2009
Number of cores 4 vs 3
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 2262 vs 1751

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 B75

  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1250 vs 1212
  • 5.3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1905 vs 358
  • 3.7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 4439 vs 1191
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1250 vs 1212
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1905 vs 358
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4439 vs 1191

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 640
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 B75

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1212
1250
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2262
1751
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
358
1905
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1191
4439
Name AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Phenom II X3 B75
PassMark - Single thread mark 1212 1250
PassMark - CPU mark 2262 1751
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 358 1905
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1191 4439
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 Phenom II X3 B75

Essentials

Architecture codename Propus Heka
Launch date May 2010 October 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $80
Place in performance rating 3034 1506
Price now $239.95 $39.99
Value for money (0-100) 4.07 21.61
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD Phenom
OPN Tray HDXB75WFK3DGM
Series AMD Business Class - AMD Phenom X3 Triple-Core

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 169 mm 258 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 3 GHz 3 GHz
Number of cores 4 3
Transistor count 300 million 758 million
Base frequency 3 GHz
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Number of threads 3
Unlocked

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

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