AMD Phenom II X4 840T vs AMD Athlon II X2 215

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 840T and AMD Athlon II X2 215 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 840T

• CPU is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• Around 7% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
• 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 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1272 vs 1045
• 2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2360 vs 994

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 215

• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 840T
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X2 215

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1272 1045
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2360 994

Compare specifications (specs)