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The AMD Athlon II X4 640 is newer than Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz also around 33% faster in multi-threaded (CPU Mark) testing but the CPUs have comparable single-thread rating. However, AMD Athlon II X4 640 uses around 26% more power. All the CPUs in this comparison belong in the Desktop CPU Class.The values below were tabulated from a combined 3020 benchmarks submitted from our PerformanceTest software and results and are updated daily to include new submissions.
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Socket Type | LGA1156 | AM3 | |
CPU Class | Desktop | Desktop | |
Clockspeed | 2.9 GHz | 3.0 GHz | |
Turbo Speed | Not Supported | Not Supported | |
# of Physical Cores | 2 (Threads: 4) | 4 (Threads: 4) | |
Cache | L1: 128KB, L2: 0.5MB, L3: 4MB | L1: 512KB, L2: 2.0MB, L3: 6MB | |
TDP | 73W | 95W | |
Yearly Running Cost | $13.32 | $17.34 | |
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First Seen on Chart | Q1 2010 | Q2 2010 | |
# of Samples | 1206 | 1814 | |
CPU Value | 24.6 | 47.1 | |
Single Thread Rating(% diff. to max in group) | 1164(-4.0%) | 1212(0.0%) | |
CPU Mark(% diff. to max in group) | 1503(-33.5%) | 2260(0.0%) |
Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz | 1,503 | |
AMD Athlon II X4 640 | 2,260 | |
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Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz | 24.6 | |
AMD Athlon II X4 640 | 47.1 | |
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Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz | 1,164 | |
AMD Athlon II X4 640 | 1,212 | |
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Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz | AMD Athlon II X4 640 | |
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Max TDP | 73W | 95W |
Power consumption per day (kWh) | NA | NA |
Running cost per day | NA | NA |
Power consumption per year (kWh) | NA | NA |
Running cost per year | NA | NA |