Intel Core i7-980 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i7-980 and AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-980

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
• 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
• Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 90 nm
• Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 35% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1539 vs 1141
• 6.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6936 vs 998

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE

• Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i7-980
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1539 1141
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	6936 998

Compare specifications (specs)