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AMD Athlon II X4 641

vs

AMD Athlon II X2 270

CPU Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of AMD Athlon II X4 641 and AMD Athlon II X2 270 processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

AMD Athlon II X4 641

More Total Cores: 4 (4 vs 2)
Higher Technology: 32 nm (32 nm vs 45 nm)
Newer Launch Date: February 2012 (February 2012 vs July 2011)

Basic

AMD

Label Name

AMD

February 2012

Launch Date

July 2011

Desktop

Platform

Desktop

Athlon II X4 641

Model Name

Athlon II X2 270

Llano

Code Name

Regor

Athlon II X4 (Llano)

Generation

Athlon II X2 (Regor)

CPU Specifications

Total Cores

Cores is a hardware term that describes the number of independent central processing units in a single computing component (die or chip).

Total Threads

2.8 GHz

Basic Frequency

3.4 GHz

128 KB (per core)

L1 Cache

128 KB - 1 core (all - 256KB)

1 MB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

AMD Socket FM1

CPU Socket

The socket is the component that provides the mechanical and electrical connections between the processor and motherboard.

AMD Socket AM3

28.0x

Multiplier

17.0x

Multiplier Unlocked

32 nm

Technology

Lithography refers to the semiconductor technology used to manufacture an integrated circuit, and is reported in nanometer (nm), indicative of the size of features built on the semiconductor.

45 nm

100 W

TDP

65 W

70°C

Max. Operating Temperature

Junction Temperature is the maximum temperature allowed at the processor die.

Gen 2

PCI Express Version

PCI Express Revision is the supported version of the PCI Express standard. Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (or PCIe) is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard for attaching hardware devices to a computer. The different PCI Express versions support different data rates.

Gen 2

1,178 million

Transistor Count

234 million

Memory Specifications

DDR3

Memory Type

DDR2, DDR3

Dual-channel

Memory Channels

The number of memory channels refers to the bandwidth operation for real world application.

Dual-channel

29.9 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

Max Memory bandwidth is the maximum rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by the processor (in GB/s).

1866 MT/s

Maximum Memory Speed

ECC Memory Support

ECC Memory Supported indicates processor support for Error-Correcting Code memory. ECC memory is a type of system memory that can detect and correct common kinds of internal data corruption. Note that ECC memory support requires both processor and chipset support.

GPU Specifications

Integrated Graphics Model

An integrated GPU refers to the graphics core that is integrated into the CPU processor. Leveraging the processor's powerful computational capabilities and intelligent power efficiency management, it delivers outstanding graphics performance and a smooth application experience at a lower power consumption.

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)