AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE sales 12 May 2011. This is Champlain architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3200 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is S1 processor with a TDP of 45 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

General info

Of Phenom II X2 X640 BE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance rating	564
Market segment	Laptop
Series	2x AMD Phenom II
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	12 May 2011 (11 years ago)

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	of 5.5 (Core i9-12900KS)
Bus support	3600 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	of 1536 (EPYC Embedded 3401)
L2 cache	2 MB	of 12 (Core 2 Quad Q9550)
Chip lithography	45 nm	of 5 (Apple M1)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X2 X640 BE compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.

Socket	S1
Thermal design power (TDP)	45 Watt	of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X2 X640 BE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE1-3A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, DDR3 Memory Controller
VirusProtect	+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Phenom II X2 X640 BE's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

of 4800 (Ryzen 9 6980HX)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Phenom II X2 X640 BE. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Overall 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.

Relative perfomance

Overall Phenom II X2 X640 BE performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook CPUs.

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