AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE vs AMD Athlon II X3 460

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE and AMD Athlon II X3 460 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE

• Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 460

• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
• 1 more threads: 3 vs 2
• Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
• Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1395 vs 1142
• Around 72% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2008 vs 1165

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 460

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1142 1395
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1165 2008

Compare specifications (specs)