AMD FX-9800P vs AMD Phenom II X2 N640

Comparative analysis of AMD FX-9800P and AMD Phenom II X2 N640 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FX-9800P

• CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
• Around 24% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
• 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
• Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1218 vs 1121
• 2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2557 vs 1135

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X2 N640

• Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 90°C
• 4.7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1705 vs 364
• 2.8x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2863 vs 1013

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD FX-9800P
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X2 N640

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1218 1121
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2557 1135
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	364 1705
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1013 2863

Compare specifications (specs)