Pentium Dual T4500 vs Phenom II X2 N640
Aggregate performance score
Phenom II X2 N640 outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4500 by a small 8% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2828 | 2872 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 2x AMD Phenom II | Intel Pentium Dual Core |
| Power efficiency | no data | 2.33 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Penryn (2008−2011) |
| Release date | 1 October 2010 (15 years ago) | 1 January 2010 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X2 N640 and Pentium Dual Core T4500 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | no data | 107 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 410 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X2 N640 and Pentium Dual Core T4500 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | S1 | P |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 MB | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X2 N640 and Pentium Dual Core T4500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | HyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Vurtualization | no data |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X2 N640 and Pentium Dual Core T4500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.82 | 0.76 |
| Recency | 1 October 2010 | 1 January 2010 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 Watt | 35 Watt |
Phenom II X2 N640 has a 7.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 months, and 1650% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between AMD Phenom II X2 N640 and Intel Pentium Dual Core T4500.
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