Intel Core i5-3230M vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
What is the difference between Intel Core i5-3230M and AMD Athlon II X4 640. Find out which CPU has better performance.
Performance (Benchmarks)
| 567 | Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score | 368 |
| 1250 | Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score | 1239 |
| 2512 | PassMark CPU Mark Rating | 2141 |
| 1564 | PassMark Single Thread Rating | 1207 |
| 1491 | 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score |
Processor Specs
| Intel Core i5-3230M | Processor | AMD Athlon II X4 640 |
| 2600 MHz | Frequency | 3000 MHz |
| 3200 MHz | Maximum Frequency | |
| 2 | Cores | 4 |
| 4 | Threads | 4 |
| 35 W | TDP | 95 W |
| Intel HD Graphics 4000 | GPU | |
| Ivy Bridge | Codename | Propus |
| FCPGA988 | Package | Socket AM3 |
Geekbench 5 Benchmark
| 618 | Single-Core Score | 370 |
| 1406 | Multi-Core Score | 1288 |
| Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit) | Benchmark | Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit) |
System Information
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit) | Operating System | Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit) |
| TOSHIBA SATELLITE S70t-A | Model | Generic |
| Type2 - Board Vendor Name1 Type2 - Board Product Name1 | Motherboard | ASRock N68C-S UCC |
| Samsung High Performance | Power Plan | Balanserat |
CPU Specifications
| Intel Core i5-3230M | Name | AMD Athlon II X4 640 |
| 1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads | Topology | 1 Processor, 4 Cores |
| GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 | Identifier | AuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 5 Stepping 3 |
| 2.59 GHz | Base Frequency | 3.01 GHz |
| 3192 MHz | Maximum Frequency | 3013 MHz |
| Socket 988B rPGA | Package | Socket AM3 (938) |
| Ivy Bridge | Codename | Propus |
| 32.0 KB x 2 | L1 Instruction Cache | 64.0 KB x 4 |
| 32.0 KB x 2 | L1 Data Cache | 64.0 KB x 4 |
| 256 KB x 2 | L2 Cache | 512 KB x 4 |
| 3.00 MB x 1 | L3 Cache |
Memory Information
| 6.00 GB | Size | 8.00 GB |
| 798 MHz | Frequency | 803 MHz |
| DDR3 SDRAM | Type | DDR3 SDRAM |
| 2 | Channels | 2 |
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| 618 | Single-Core Score | 370 |
|---|---|---|
| 739 | Crypto Score | 57 |
| 587 | Integer Score | 423 |
| 665 | Floating Point Score | 307 |
| 739 1.26 GB/sec | AES-XTS | 57 100.0 MB/sec |
| 679 3.43 MB/sec | Text Compression (LZMA) | 467 2.36 MB/sec |
| 731 34.6 Mpixels/sec | Image Compression | 533 25.2 Mpixels/sec |
| 587 1.66 MTE/sec | Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 403 1.14 MTE/sec |
| 506 593.6 KElements/sec | HTML5 | 444 521.6 KElements/sec |
| 516 161.8 Krows/sec | SQLite | 409 128.1 Krows/sec |
| 598 32.4 Mpixels/sec | PDF Rendering | 428 23.2 Mpixels/sec |
| 570 181.7 KB/sec | Text Rendering | 385 122.5 KB/sec |
| 565 4.40 Klines/sec | Clang | 433 3.38 Klines/sec |
| 564 6.53 images/sec | Camera | 337 3.91 images/sec |
| 553 692.2 Kpairs/sec | N-Body Physics | 203 254.0 Kpairs/sec |
| 688 4262.1 FPS | Rigid Body Physics | 450 2789.5 FPS |
| 556 30.6 Mpixels/sec | Gaussian Blur | 200 11.0 Mpixels/sec |
| 630 4.85 images/sec | Face Detection | 276 2.13 images/sec |
| 673 16.6 Mpixels/sec | Horizon Detection | 310 7.64 Mpixels/sec |
| 1067 52.4 Mpixels/sec | Image Inpainting | 528 25.9 Mpixels/sec |
| 1160 15.8 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 674 9.18 Mpixels/sec |
| 750 602.5 Kpixels/sec | Ray Tracing | 385 309.3 Kpixels/sec |
| 468 4.19 Kpixels/sec | Structure from Motion | 228 2.04 Kpixels/sec |
| 586 18.7 Words/sec | Speech Recognition | 276 8.82 Words/sec |
| 496 19.2 images/sec | Machine Learning | 168 6.48 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| 1406 | Multi-Core Score | 1288 |
|---|---|---|
| 1551 | Crypto Score | 225 |
| 1386 | Integer Score | 1458 |
| 1424 | Floating Point Score | 1096 |
| 1551 2.64 GB/sec | AES-XTS | 225 393.4 MB/sec |
| 1745 8.83 MB/sec | Text Compression (LZMA) | 1664 8.42 MB/sec |
| 1667 78.8 Mpixels/sec | Image Compression | 2047 96.8 Mpixels/sec |
| 1305 3.68 MTE/sec | Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 981 2.77 MTE/sec |
| 1192 1.40 MElements/sec | HTML5 | 1689 1.98 MElements/sec |
| 1344 421.0 Krows/sec | SQLite | 1580 495.0 Krows/sec |
| 1461 79.3 Mpixels/sec | PDF Rendering | 1499 81.3 Mpixels/sec |
| 1320 420.6 KB/sec | Text Rendering | 1147 365.6 KB/sec |
| 1351 10.5 Klines/sec | Clang | 1609 12.5 Klines/sec |
| 1188 13.8 images/sec | Camera | 1205 14.0 images/sec |
| 1335 1.67 Mpairs/sec | N-Body Physics | 667 834.6 Kpairs/sec |
| 1744 10807.0 FPS | Rigid Body Physics | 1734 10743.6 FPS |
| 1126 61.9 Mpixels/sec | Gaussian Blur | 911 50.1 Mpixels/sec |
| 1344 10.3 images/sec | Face Detection | 922 7.10 images/sec |
| 1511 37.2 Mpixels/sec | Horizon Detection | 1132 27.9 Mpixels/sec |
| 2077 101.9 Mpixels/sec | Image Inpainting | 1783 87.5 Mpixels/sec |
| 2506 34.1 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 2521 34.3 Mpixels/sec |
| 1793 1.44 Mpixels/sec | Ray Tracing | 1632 1.31 Mpixels/sec |
| 1009 9.04 Kpixels/sec | Structure from Motion | 860 7.71 Kpixels/sec |
| 1246 39.8 Words/sec | Speech Recognition | 855 27.3 Words/sec |
| 782 30.2 images/sec | Machine Learning | 464 17.9 images/sec |