AMD Athlon II X4 651K vs AMD A8-3800

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 651K and AMD A8-3800 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon II X4 651K

AMD A8-3800

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 651K

CPU is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 25% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.4 GHz

Launch date	November 2011 vs June 2011
Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2.4 GHz

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3800

Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 651K
CPU 2: AMD A8-3800

Name	AMD Athlon II X4 651K	AMD A8-3800
PassMark - Single thread mark		1044
PassMark - CPU mark		2041
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		338
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		4.305

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X4 651K	AMD A8-3800
Essentials
Architecture codename	Llano	Llano
Launch date	November 2011	June 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	2784
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	228 mm	228 mm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB (per core)	1024 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Transistor count	1178 million	1178 million
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FM1	FM1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	65 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)