Pentium Gold G6500T vs Athlon II X4 640

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon II X4 640
2010
4 cores / 4 threads, 95 Watt
1.41
Pentium Gold G6500T
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.44
+73%

Pentium Gold G6500T outperforms Athlon II X4 640 by an impressive 73% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X4 640 and Pentium Gold G6500T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22141770
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.92no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.406.59
Architecture codenamePropus (2009−2011)no data
Release date11 May 2010 (14 years ago)1 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$80no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II X4 640 and Pentium Gold G6500T 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHzno data
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache512 KB (per core)no data
L3 cache0 KB4 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size169 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors300 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 640 and Pentium Gold G6500T 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
SocketAM3FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 640 and Pentium Gold G6500T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

Athlon II X4 640 and Pentium Gold G6500T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X4 640 and Pentium Gold G6500T are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 640 and Pentium Gold G6500T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II X4 640 and Pentium Gold G6500T integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon II X4 640 and Pentium Gold G6500T integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon II X4 640 and Pentium Gold G6500T integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X4 640 and Pentium Gold G6500T.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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
Pentium Gold G6500T 2.44
+73%

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
Pentium Gold G6500T 3874
+72.6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.41 2.44
Recency 11 May 2010 1 April 2020
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 35 Watt

Athlon II X4 640 has 100% more physical cores.

Pentium Gold G6500T, on the other hand, has a 73% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 171.4% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Gold G6500T is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II X4 640 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II X4 640 and Pentium Gold G6500T, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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