AMD Athlon X4 730 vs Athlon II X4 631

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Combined performance score

Athlon II X4 631
1.40

Athlon X4 730 outperforms Athlon II X4 631 by 6% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Athlon II X4 631 and Athlon X4 730 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking20862030
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money6.60no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date17 August 2011 (12 years old)2 October 2012 (11 years old)
Current price$22 $37
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Athlon II X4 631 and Athlon X4 730 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)192K
L2 cache1 MB (per core)4 MB (shared)
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size228 mm2246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistors1,178 million1,303 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 631 and Athlon X4 730 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFM1FM2
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 631 and Athlon X4 730. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NIno data+
FMAno data+
AVXno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X4 631 and Athlon X4 730 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 631 and Athlon X4 730. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3-1866

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X4 631 and Athlon X4 730.

PCIe versionno data2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon II X4 631 1.40
Athlon X4 730 1.48
+5.7%

Athlon X4 730 outperforms Athlon II X4 631 by 6% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Athlon II X4 631 2150
Athlon X4 730 2278
+6%

Athlon X4 730 outperforms Athlon II X4 631 by 6% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Athlon II X4 631 309
Athlon X4 730 370
+19.7%

Athlon X4 730 outperforms Athlon II X4 631 by 20% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Athlon II X4 631 1099
+2.3%
Athlon X4 730 1074

Athlon II X4 631 outperforms Athlon X4 730 by 2% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.40 1.48
Recency 17 August 2011 2 October 2012
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 65 Watt

We couldn't decide between Athlon II X4 631 and Athlon X4 730. The differences in performance seem too small.


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