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AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs Intel Pentium D 830


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AMD Athlon II X4 640 advantages



AMD Athlon II X4 640

  • In single-threaded applications, the AMD 640 CPU is about 60% faster.
  • Multi-threaded performance of this processor is higher.
  • In memory-intensive tasks, the CPU is 158% faster.
  • The Athlon II X4 640 CPU provides hardware acceleration of virtualized programs.
  • The microprocessor includes 3DNow! instructions. These instructions can boost performance of some old games. The 3DNow! set is obsolete now, and not used by modern applications.
  • Power consumption of the processor is lower.


Intel Pentium D 830 advantages



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640 vs 830 performance comparison

The charts demonstrate relative performance of Athlon II X4 640 and Pentium D 830 processors in a few different kinds of tasks. To calculate displayed numbers we averaged results for a number of benchmarks for each specific type of application. As a result, the shown results may differ from results, that you may see in individual tests. We also averaged the numbers for task type specific benchmarks and all-around performance benchmarks, and presented them in the 'Overall performance' chart.

Single-threaded performance
2
1.6
1.2
0.8
0.4
0		  
 
1.6
  
1
  
 
Higher is better
Multi-threaded performance
4
3.2
2.4
1.6
0.8
0		  
 
3.42
  
1
  
 
Higher is better
Memory-intensive applications
3
2.4
1.8
1.2
0.6
0		  
 
2.58
  
1
  
 
Higher is better
Overall performance
3
2.4
1.8
1.2
0.6
0		  
 
2.53
  
1
  
 
Higher is better

  - AMD Athlon II X4 640       - Intel Pentium D 830

Please see the "Benchmarks" tab for exhaustive list of benchmarks, showing performance difference between Athlon II X4 640 and 830 in various types of programs.



640 vs 830 power consumption comparison

Thermal Design Power
200
160
120
80
40
0		  
 
95W
  
130W
  
 
Lower is better
  

Detailed side by side comparison of AMD 640 vs Pentium D 830 specs can be found in the "Specifications" tab. Even more detailed comparison of low level features of both CPUs you will find in the "CPUIDs" tab.



Pros and Cons summary

 
Athlon II X4 640Pentium D 830

General recommendations:
Significantly faster overall,
More energy efficient
General recommendations:
None

Drawbacks:
None
Drawbacks:
Performs considerably worse in all task types,
Higher power consumption


Similar processors

 
Athlon II X4 640Pentium D 830

Similar CPUs utilize the same core and fit the same socket as Athlon II X4 640 and Intel Pentium D 830.



Where to buy


These microprocessors are obsolete. For that reason the best place to look for them is eBay. Third party sellers at Amazon may also have them for sale.

Specifications

 AMD Athlon II X4 640Intel Pentium D 830
 Basic details
Market segmentDesktop
ManufacturerAMDIntel
FamilyAMD Athlon II X4Intel Pentium D
Model number640830
CPU part numberADX640WFK42GMHH80551PG0802MN
Box part numberADX640WFGMBOXBX80551PG3000FN
BX80551PG3000FT
Introduction dateMay 10, 2010May 26, 2005
Current official price$67 (as of Apr 2013) 
 
 CPU features
Core namePropusSmithfield
MicroarchitectureK10Netburst
Technology (micron)0.0450.09
Data width (bits)64
SocketSocket AM2+ / Socket AM3Socket 775
Frequency (MHz)3000
Bus speed (MHz)2000 (HT/QPI)800
Clock Multiplier15
L1 cache256 KB (code) / 256 KB (data)32 KB (data)
L2 cache (KB)2048
Max temperature (°C)55 - 7169.8
TDP (Watt)95130
Max power dissipation (Watt) 154.63
Core voltage (V)1.1 - 1.41.2 - 1.4
Cores42
Threads42
Multiprocessing1 
 
 Instruction set extensions
3DNow!+-
AMD64 / EM64T 64-bit technology+
MMX+
SSE+
SSE2+
SSE3+
 
 Supported technologies
PowerNow! / Enhanced SpeedStep+
Virtualization+-
Virus Protection / Execute Disable bit+
 
 Integrated Graphics
GPU TypeNone

Notes:

Rows with different specifications or features are highlighted.

For detailed specifications of "AMD Athlon II X4 640" or "Intel Pentium D 830" parts please click on the links in the table header.

Benchmarks

System setup

AMD Athlon II X4 640 and Pentium D 830 processors were tested using different system components, that are identified by MB, RAM and VID columns in the tables below. The numbers in each of these columns correspond to one of motherboards (MB), memory configurations (RAM) or graphics adapters (VID), listed below:

MB - Motherboard(s):
1. ASROCK M3A780GXH/128M
2. ASROCK 4CORE1600TWINS-P35
3. INTEL DP965LT

RAM - Memory:
1. 2 GB DUAL-CHANNEL CORSAIR CM3X1024-1333C9 DDR3
2. 2GB DUAL-CHANNEL CORSAIR CM2X1024-6400C4

VID - Video card(s):
1. POWERCOLOR 24PRO256M DDR2 (ATI RADEON HD2400)

All tests were performed at default frequency and voltage, using manufacturer's stock fan/heatsink. None of the components were overclocked. Motherboard BIOS options were left at default settings.

The results of all benchmarks are broken into four categories: multi-threaded, single-threaded, memory intensive and graphics / gaming.


Athlon II X4 640 vs Pentium D 830 single-threaded benchmarks

Single-threaded benchmarks run on a single CPU core, and do not depend on such features as the number of cores, or Hyper-Threading technology. Additionally, they do not utilize on-chip caches, dedicated to other cores.

     

    AMD Athlon II X4 640           Intel Pentium D 830

CINEBENCH R10 CPU score (1 core) benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
62.8%211
62.7%321

PCMark2002 CPU score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
61.4%211
61.3%321

Super PI (1M) benchmark

< Shorter is betterMBRAMVID
100%111
62.5%321
62.1%211



Athlon II X4 640 vs Pentium D 830 multi-threaded benchmarks

Multi-threaded benchmarks utilize all CPU cores and other on-chip resources (on-chip caches, internal buffers, etc). Intel's Hyper-Threading feature also helps to improve multi-threading performance.

     

    AMD Athlon II X4 640           Intel Pentium D 830

CINEBENCH R10 CPU score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
33.8%321
33.7%211

CINEBENCH R10 render time (seconds) benchmark

< Shorter is betterMBRAMVID
100%111
33.8%321
33.7%211

Euler3D benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
37.6%211
35.6%321

Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
27.4%321
27.4%211

Sandra MultiMedia Floating Point (it/s) benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
26.8%211
26.8%321

    AMD Athlon II X4 640           Intel Pentium D 830

Sandra MultiMedia Integer (it/s) benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
21.2%211
21.2%321

Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
22.9%211
22.9%321

Sandra Whetstone SSE2 (MFLOPS) benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
29.8%211
29.8%321

wPrime v1.55 (32M) benchmark

< Shorter is betterMBRAMVID
100%111
22.0%211
21.9%321



Athlon II X4 640 vs Pentium D 830 graphics benchmarks

Graphics benchmarks depend on the type of integrated or discrete graphics adapter, and to less extent on the processor performance. Because these benchmarks are synthetic, they may not truly represent gaming performance. However, they still can used to estimate whether one processor will perform faster or slower in games than another CPU.

     

    AMD Athlon II X4 640           Intel Pentium D 830

3DMark2001 score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
91.8%211
90.7%321

CINEBENCH R10 OpenGL score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
87.3%321
87.1%211



Athlon II X4 640 vs Pentium D 830 memory performance

Memory-intensive tests or programs move large amounts of data to/from memory, and they depend more on memory throughput and the size of on-chip caches, rather than on CPU integer/FP/SIMD performance.

     

    AMD Athlon II X4 640           Intel Pentium D 830

7Zip compressing/decompressing speed benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
51.7%211
51.2%321

PCMark2002 Memory score benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
62.2%321
61.8%211

WinRAR compressing/decompressing speed benchmark

Longer is better <MBRAMVID
100%111
39.3%321
38.3%211


CPUIDs

The table below compares two random CPUID records for AMD Athlon II X4 640 and Intel Pentium D 830 microprocessors, that were submitted to our CPUID database. Please note that different steppings of Intel processors, identified by S-spec numbers or CPUID, may have slightly different features. For that reason the comparison table below only applies to CPUs with specific S-Spec number / CPUID.

  CPUID 1 CPUID 2
ManufacturerAMDIntel
CPU FamilyAthlon II X4Pentium D
Model / Processor Number640830
Frequency2993 MHz 
CWID version0.40.2
Part numberADX640WFK42GMHH80551PG0802MN
S-Spec / Stepping CodeCADHC AD 1007DPCWSL88S
 
General information
VendorAuthenticAMDGenuineIntel
Processor name (BIOS)AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz
Cores42
Logical processors42
Processor typeOriginal OEM Processor
CPUID signatureBL-C3F44
Family100F5315 (0Fh)
Model16 (010h) 4 (04h)
Stepping 5 (05h) 4 (04h)
TLB/Cache details 3 (03h)Data TLB: 4-KB or 4-MB pages, fully associative, 64 entries
Instruction TLB: 4-KB, 2-MB or 4-MB pages, fully associative, 128 entries
No 2nd-level cache or, if processor contains a valid 2nd-level cache, no 3rd-level cache
 
Cache
L1 data: Associativity2-way set associative8-way set associative
L1 data: Comments sectored cache
L1 data: Line size64 bytes
L1 data: Lines per tag1 
L1 data: Size4 x 64 KB16 KB
L1 instruction: Associativity2-way set associative8-way set associative
L1 instruction: Line size64 bytes 
L1 instruction: Lines per tag1 
L1 instruction: Size4 x 64 KB12K uops
L2: Associativity16-way set associative8-way set associative
L2: Comments sectored cache
L2: Line size64 bytes
L2: Lines per tag1 
L2: Size4 x 512 KB1 MB
 
Instruction set extensions
3DNow!+-
AMD extensions to MMX+-
Extensions to 3DNow!+-
MMX+
SSE+
SSE2+
SSE3+
SSE4A+-
 
Additional instructions
Advanced Bit manipulation+-
CLFLUSH+
CMOV+
CMPXCHG16B+
CMPXCHG8B+
FXSAVE/FXRSTORE+
MONITOR/MWAIT+
POPCNT+-
PREFETCH/PREFETCHW+-
RDTSCP+-
SKINIT / STGI support+-
SYSCALL/SYSRET+-
SYSENTER/SYSEXIT+
 
Major features
64-bit / Intel 64+
Enhanced SpeedStep-+
NX bit/XD-bit+
On-chip Floating Point Unit+
PowerNow! / Cool'n'Quiet+-
Secure Virtual Machine (Virtualization)+-
 
Other features
1 GB large page support+-
100MHz multiplier control+-
128-bit SSE instructions+-
36-bit page-size extensions+
64-bit debug store-+
Advanced programmable interrupt controller+
CPL qualified debug store-+
Core multi-processing legacy mode+-
Debug store-+
Debugging extensions+
Extended APIC space+-
Hardware P-state control+-
Hardware thermal control+-
Instruction based sampling+-
L1 context ID-+
LAHF / SAHF support in 64-bit mode+-
LBR virtualization+-
LOCK MOV CR0 means MOV CR8+-
Machine check architecture+
Machine check exception+
Memory-type range registers+
Misaligned SSE mode+-
Model-specific registers+
Nested page tables+-
OS visible workaround+-
Page attribute table+
Page global extension+
Page-size extensions (4MB pages)+
Pending break enable-+
Physical address extensions+
SVM lock+-
Self-snoop-+
Software thermal control+-
Support for NRIP save+-
THERMTRIP+-
TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states+-
Temperature sensor+-
Thermal monitor-+
Thermal monitor and software controlled clock facilities-+
Time stamp counter+
Virtual 8086-mode enhancements+
Watchdog timer support+-
xTPR Update Control-+

+ - feature is supported
- - feature is not supported
Features, not supported by all processors in the table, are not displayed

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Note: To see differences with any CPU, type in any combination of the following into the "Any CPU" field: manufacturer name, full or partial family name, model number, part number, core name, socket name, operating frequency, bus speed (must have FSB suffix), and the last level cache. Here are some valid searches:

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  Pentium 4 800FSB
  AMD 3.3GHz 8MB

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