AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs AMD Phenom X4 9650

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 640 and AMD Phenom X4 9650 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, 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) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1212 vs 904
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2245 vs 1721
  • Around 27% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 358 vs 283
  • Around 20% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1191 vs 990
  • 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 2.776 vs 0.833
Specifications (specs)
Launch date May 2010 vs March 2008
Maximum frequency 3 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1212 vs 904
PassMark - CPU mark 2245 vs 1721
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 358 vs 283
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1191 vs 990
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.776 vs 0.833

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X4 9650

  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 8.403 vs 7.618
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 8.403 vs 7.618

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 640
CPU 2: AMD Phenom X4 9650

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1212
904
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2245
1721
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
358
283
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1191
990
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
CPU 1
CPU 2
2.776
0.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
CPU 1
CPU 2
7.618
8.403
Name AMD Athlon II X4 640 AMD Phenom X4 9650
PassMark - Single thread mark 1212 904
PassMark - CPU mark 2245 1721
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 358 283
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1191 990
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.776 0.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7.618 8.403
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 X4 9650

Essentials

Architecture codename Propus Agena
Launch date May 2010 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $80
Place in performance rating 3022 3048
Price now $239.95
Value for money (0-100) 4.07
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 169 mm 285 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 65 nm
Maximum frequency 3 GHz 2.3 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Transistor count 300 million 450 million
L3 cache 2048 KB (shared)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 95 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)