AMD FX-6330 vs AMD Athlon II X4 638

Comparative analysis of AMD FX-6330 and AMD Athlon II X4 638 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-6330

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • Around 33% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1531 vs 1163
  • Around 97% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4433 vs 2250
Specifications (specs)
Launch date December 2015 vs February 2012
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
L2 cache 6144 KB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1531 vs 1163
PassMark - CPU mark 4433 vs 2250

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 638

  • Around 78% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 125 Watt
L1 cache 512 KB vs 288 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD FX-6330
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X4 638

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1531
1163
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4433
2250
Name AMD FX-6330 AMD Athlon II X4 638
PassMark - Single thread mark 1531 1163
PassMark - CPU mark 4433 2250
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1654
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4651

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FX-6330 AMD Athlon II X4 638

Essentials

Architecture codename Vishera Llano
Launch date December 2015 February 2012
Place in performance rating 1631 1618
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD Athlon Processors
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Series AMD Athlon II X4
Value for money (0-100) 35.55

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 315 mm 228 mm
L1 cache 288 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 6144 KB 4 MB
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz 2.7 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Transistor count 1200 million 1178 million
Base frequency 2.7 GHz
Maximum core temperature 70.10°C
Number of threads 4
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Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3+ FM1 uPGA
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 65 Watt

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)