AMD Phenom II X4 840 vs AMD Athlon II X4 651K

AMD Phenom II X4 840
AMD Socket AM3DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
AMD Phenom II X4 840
AMD Athlon II X4 651K
AMD Socket FM1DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Nov 2011
AMD Athlon II X4 651K

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Phenom II X4 840

None

Reasons to consider AMD Athlon II X4 651K

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

AMD Athlon II X4 651K

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Athlon II X4 651K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Athlon II X4 651K

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Athlon II X4 651K

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD Athlon II X4 651K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
NX bit
AMD Virtualization
AMD-V

Architecture

AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD Athlon II X4 651K
ArchitectureAMD K10vsAMD LLano
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenamePropusvsLlano
Release DateJan 2011vsNov 2011

Cores

AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD Athlon II X4 651K
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD Athlon II X4 651K
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 651K
SocketAMD Socket AM3vsAMD Socket FM1
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size169mm²vs228mm²
Process45 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD Athlon II X4 651K
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3000 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 651K
    3000 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Phenom II X4 840
    8064 points
  • AMD Athlon II X4 651K
    12000 points

Points - higher is better