AMD Phenom II X6 1065T vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X6 1065T and AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. 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 Phenom II X6 1065T

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1362 vs 1141
  • 3.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3387 vs 998
Specifications (specs)
Launch date December 2010 vs August 2007
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 256 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1362 vs 1141
PassMark - CPU mark 3387 vs 998

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE

  • Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 2.9 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X6 1065T
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1362
1141
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3387
998
Name AMD Phenom II X6 1065T AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1362 1141
PassMark - CPU mark 3387 998
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1531
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2453

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X6 1065T AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE

Essentials

Architecture codename Thuban Windsor
Launch date December 2010 August 2007
Place in performance rating 1818 1845
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 346 mm 230 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 256 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 1024 KB
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz 3.2 GHz
Number of cores 6 2
Transistor count 904 million 227 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 125 Watt