AMD Athlon X4 970 vs Intel Pentium G640T

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 970 and Intel Pentium G640T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Athlon X4 970

Intel Pentium G640T

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 970

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 67% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
4x 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 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1616 vs 1102
3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3472 vs 1139

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 July 2017 vs June 2012
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	4 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1616 vs 1102
PassMark - CPU mark	3472 vs 1139

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G640T

Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 970
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G640T

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1616

1102

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3472

1139

Name	AMD Athlon X4 970	Intel Pentium G640T
PassMark - Single thread mark	1616	1102
PassMark - CPU mark	3472	1139
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2071
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3203

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 970	Intel Pentium G640T
Essentials
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge	Sandy Bridge
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date	27 July 2017	June 2012
OPN PIB	AD970XAUABBOX
OPN Tray	AD970XAUM44AB
Place in performance rating	1577	1571
Series	AMD Athlon X4	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Processor Number		G640T
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.8 GHz	2.40 GHz
Die size	246 mm	131 mm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C
Maximum frequency	4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of threads	4	2
Transistor count	1178 million	504 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI
L3 cache		3072 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature		65.0°C
Memory
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3 1066
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		17 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	2.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Graphics
Graphics base frequency		650 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel HD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		2
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)