Athlon II X4 640 vs Athlon PRO 300GE

Primary details

Comparing Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon II X4 640 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1710	2214
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	2.92
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Athlon	no data
Power efficiency	7.33	1.41
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2019)	Propus (2009−2011)
Release date	30 September 2019 (5 years ago)	11 May 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$80

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon II X4 640 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	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	no data	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3 GHz
Multiplier	34	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	12 nm	45 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	169 mm2
Number of transistors	4950 Million	300 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon II X4 640 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	Socket AM4	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon II X4 640. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon II X4 640 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon II X4 640. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR3
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Vega 3

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Athlon II X4 640.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.71	1.41
Recency	30 September 2019	11 May 2010
Physical cores	2	4
Chip lithography	12 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	95 Watt

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