AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs Intel Core i7-720QM

What is the difference between AMD Athlon II X4 640 and Intel Core i7-720QM. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

368Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score360
1239Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1140
2141PassMark CPU Mark Rating1652
1207PassMark Single Thread Rating969
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score1360

Processor Specs

AMD Athlon II X4 640ProcessorIntel Core i7-720QM
3000 MHzFrequency1600 MHz
Maximum Frequency2800 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
95 WTDP45 W
PropusCodenameClarksfield
Socket AM3PackagePGA988

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

370Single-Core Score347
1288Multi-Core Score1199
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
GenericModelHewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8540w
ASRock N68C-S UCCMotherboardHewlett-Packard 1521
BalanseratPower Plan

CPU Specifications

AMD Athlon II X4 640NameIntel Core i7-720QM
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 5 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5
3.01 GHzBase Frequency1.60 GHz
3013 MHzMaximum Frequency2792 MHz
Socket AM3 (938)PackageSocket 989 rPGA
PropusCodenameClarksfield
64.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
64.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
512 KB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 4
L3 Cache6.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

8.00 GBSize16.00 GB
803 MHzFrequency664 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
2Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

370Single-Core Score347
57Crypto Score51
423Integer Score368
307Floating Point Score 350
57
100.0 MB/sec
AES-XTS51
89.2 MB/sec
467
2.36 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)492
2.49 MB/sec
533
25.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression419
19.8 Mpixels/sec
403
1.14 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)410
1.16 MTE/sec
444
521.6 KElements/sec
HTML5338
396.3 KElements/sec
409
128.1 Krows/sec
SQLite349
109.3 Krows/sec
428
23.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering353
19.2 Mpixels/sec
385
122.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering270
85.9 KB/sec
433
3.38 Klines/sec
Clang375
2.92 Klines/sec
337
3.91 images/sec
Camera350
4.06 images/sec
203
254.0 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics384
480.0 Kpairs/sec
450
2789.5 FPS
Rigid Body Physics429
2657.7 FPS
200
11.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur273
15.0 Mpixels/sec
276
2.13 images/sec
Face Detection335
2.58 images/sec
310
7.64 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection235
5.79 Mpixels/sec
528
25.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting600
29.5 Mpixels/sec
674
9.18 Mpixels/sec
HDR560
7.63 Mpixels/sec
385
309.3 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing414
332.8 Kpixels/sec
228
2.04 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion265
2.37 Kpixels/sec
276
8.82 Words/sec
Speech Recognition430
13.7 Words/sec
168
6.48 images/sec
Machine Learning170
6.55 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1288Multi-Core Score1199
225Crypto Score133
1458Integer Score1259
1096Floating Point Score 1247
225
393.4 MB/sec
AES-XTS133
232.0 MB/sec
1664
8.42 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)1897
9.59 MB/sec
2047
96.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1502
71.1 Mpixels/sec
981
2.77 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1388
3.91 MTE/sec
1689
1.98 MElements/sec
HTML51073
1.26 MElements/sec
1580
495.0 Krows/sec
SQLite1075
336.7 Krows/sec
1499
81.3 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1306
70.9 Mpixels/sec
1147
365.6 KB/sec
Text Rendering1038
330.7 KB/sec
1609
12.5 Klines/sec
Clang1276
9.94 Klines/sec
1205
14.0 images/sec
Camera1009
11.7 images/sec
667
834.6 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1216
1.52 Mpairs/sec
1734
10743.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1439
8915.2 FPS
911
50.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur938
51.6 Mpixels/sec
922
7.10 images/sec
Face Detection1271
9.78 images/sec
1132
27.9 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection1429
35.2 Mpixels/sec
1783
87.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2022
99.2 Mpixels/sec
2521
34.3 Mpixels/sec
HDR2266
30.9 Mpixels/sec
1632
1.31 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1353
1.09 Mpixels/sec
860
7.71 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion923
8.27 Kpixels/sec
855
27.3 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1384
44.2 Words/sec
464
17.9 images/sec
Machine Learning482
18.6 images/sec