AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs Athlon II X4 640

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Phenom II X4 965 4.9 Athlon II X4 640 2.1 FX 6300 6.1
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Phenom II X4 965 0.0 Athlon II X4 640 0.0 FX 6300 4.9
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Phenom II X4 965 0.0 Athlon II X4 640 0.0 FX 6300 0.0
Fire Strike

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Phenom II X4 965 0.0 Athlon II X4 640 0.0 FX 6300 0.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Phenom II X4 965 3.4 Athlon II X4 640 3.1 FX 6300 5.0
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Phenom II X4 965 n.d. Athlon II X4 640 n.d. FX 6300 5.8
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

2.7	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Phenom II X4 965 2.7 Athlon II X4 640 2.1 FX 6300 4.8

Winner
AMD Phenom II X4 965

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AMD Phenom II X4 965

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Is unlocked

Yes

Somewhat common; An unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking

Reasons to consider the
AMD Athlon II X4 640

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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Athlon II X4 640 vs the Phenom II X4 965.

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 965

6,266

Athlon II X4 640

5,434

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 965

1,774

Athlon II X4 640

1,559

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 965

137,800 MB/s

Athlon II X4 640

121,100 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 965

5,974

Athlon II X4 640

5,198

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Phenom II X4 965

6,445

Athlon II X4 640

5,313

GeekBench

Phenom II X4 965

7,939

Athlon II X4 640

6,861

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Phenom II X4 965

5,916

Athlon II X4 640

3,327

PassMark (Single Core)

Phenom II X4 965

1,361

Athlon II X4 640

1,026

Phenom II X4 965		vs	Athlon II X4 640

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summary	Phenom II X4 965	Athlon II X4 640
Clock speed	3.4 GHz	3 GHz
Cores	Quad core	Quad core
Socket type
AM3
Is unlocked	Yes	No
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE4a
SSE2
MMX
SSE3
SSE
3DNow!
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
integrated graphics
GPU	None	None
Label	N/A	N/A
Latest DirectX	N/A	N/A
Number of displays supported	N/A	N/A
GPU clock speed	N/A	N/A
Turbo clock speed	N/A	N/A
3DMark06	N/A	N/A

details	Phenom II X4 965	Athlon II X4 640
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	4	4
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L2 cache per core	0.5 MB/core	0.5 MB/core
L3 cache	6 MB	0 MB
L3 cache per core	1.5 MB/core	0 MB/core
Manufacture process	45 nm	45 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
Voltage range	0.85 - 1.43V	1.05 - 1.4V
Operating temperature	Unknown - 62°C	Unknown - 71°C
overclocking
Overclock popularity	22	36
Overclock review score	5	4.5
Overclocked clock speed	4.05 GHz	3.57 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	4.22 GHz	3.89 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked)	3,136.7	2,020.8
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	4.05 GHz	3.57 GHz
power consumption
TDP	140W	95W
Annual home energy cost	54.06 $/year	22.89 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost	152.42 $/year	83.22 $/year
Performance per watt	1.08 pt/W	1.54 pt/W
Typical power consumption	152.93W	77.19W
bus
Clock speed	2,000 MHz	2,000 MHz

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Comments

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Dale Albury (05:39 AM, February 3, 2018)

It would make sense that the Phenom system runs smoother since the Phenom ii out performs the Athlon ii in nearly every aspect, even though mildly. Did you not look at any of the benchmarks?

Forfaxify (11:36 AM, August 6, 2016)

hmm i find this pretty strange.. i have 2 similar systems: One with a Phenom 965 and one with an Athlon 640 paired with 8GB DDR3 1600mhz, and the Phenom with a GTX550Ti, and the Athlon with a GTX555. Everything on the Phenom runs smoother. Cinebench scores are around 350 for the Phenom and 250 (or lower) for the Athlon. GTA5 runs at 60 fps on the Phenom and barely 40 on the Athlon....

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