AMD Phenom II X4 840 vs AMD Athlon II X4 631

AMD Phenom II X4 840
AMD Socket AM3DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
AMD Phenom II X4 840
AMD Athlon II X4 631
AMD Socket FM1DESKTOP
2600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Aug 2011
AMD Athlon II X4 631

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Phenom II X4 840
    119%
  • AMD Athlon II X4 631
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Phenom II X4 840
    119%
  • AMD Athlon II X4 631
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Phenom II X4 840
    119%
  • AMD Athlon II X4 631
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Phenom II X4 840

19% higher single threaded performance.
19% higher multi threaded performance.
Around 19% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Athlon II X4 631

None

AMD Phenom II X4 840

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Phenom II X4 840

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD Athlon II X4 631
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
NX bit
AMD Virtualization
AMD-V

Architecture

AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD Athlon II X4 631
ArchitectureAMD K10vsAMD LLano
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenamePropusvsLlano
Release DateJan 2011vsAug 2011

Cores

AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD Athlon II X4 631
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD Athlon II X4 631
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs0 KB

Physical

AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD Athlon II X4 631
SocketAMD Socket AM3vsAMD Socket FM1
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size169mm²vs228mm²
Process45 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD Athlon II X4 631
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs2600 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.4 Vvs1.4125 V
TDP95 Wvs100 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Phenom II X4 840
    2016 points
  • AMD Athlon II X4 631
    2600 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Phenom II X4 840
    8064 points
  • AMD Athlon II X4 631
    10400 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD Phenom II X4 840
    5504
  • AMD Athlon II X4 631
    4623

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD Phenom II X4 840
    1627
  • AMD Athlon II X4 631
    1367

points - higher is better