Pentium Dual T3400 vs Athlon II X4 640

Place in the ranking	2216	2990
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.92	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Pentium Dual Core
Power efficiency	1.40	1.14
Architecture codename	Propus (2009−2011)	Merom (2006−2008)
Release date	11 May 2010 (14 years ago)	1 October 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$80	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II X4 640 and Pentium Dual Core T3400 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2.16 GHz
Bus rate	no data	667 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	169 mm²	143 mm²
Number of transistors	300 million	291 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 640 and Pentium Dual Core T3400 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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	AM3	PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	35 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 640 and Pentium Dual Core T3400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X4 640 and Pentium Dual Core T3400.

PCIe version

2.0

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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 640 1.41
+236%

Pentium Dual T3400 0.42

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.

Athlon II X4 640 2245
+239%

Pentium Dual T3400 663

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.41	0.42
Recency	11 May 2010	1 October 2008
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	35 Watt

Athlon II X4 640 has a 235.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Dual T3400, on the other hand, has 171.4% lower power consumption.

The Athlon II X4 640 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T3400 in performance tests.

Note that Athlon II X4 640 is a desktop processor while Pentium Dual Core T3400 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II X4 640 and Pentium Dual Core T3400, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.