AMD Athlon II X2 340 vs Intel Core i7-3970X
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| AMD Athlon II X2 340 | Intel Core i7-3970X | |
CPU comparisonAMD Athlon II X2 340 or Intel Core i7-3970X - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.
The AMD Athlon II X2 340 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X2 340 was released in Q4/2012. The Intel Core i7-3970X has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-3970X was released in Q4/2012. |
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| AMD Athlon II (52) | Family | Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24) |
| AMD Athlon II X2 (Trinity) (1) | CPU group | Intel Core i 3000X (4) |
| 3 | Generation | 3 |
| Trinity | Architecture | Sandy Bridge E |
| Desktop / Server | Segment | Desktop / Server |
| -- | Predecessor | -- |
| -- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe AMD Athlon II X2 340 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (3.60 GHz). The Intel Core i7-3970X has 6 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (4.00 GHz). |
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| AMD Athlon II X2 340 | Characteristic | Intel Core i7-3970X |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 2 | Threads | 12 |
| normal | Core architecture | normal |
| No | Hyperthreading | Yes |
| No | Overclocking ? | Yes |
| 3.20 GHz | Frequency | 3.50 GHz |
| 3.60 GHz | Turbo Frequency (1 Core) | 4.00 GHz |
| 3.60 GHz | Turbo Frequency (All Cores) | 4.00 GHz |
Memory & PCIeThe AMD Athlon II X2 340 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-3970X can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. |
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| AMD Athlon II X2 340 | Characteristic | Intel Core i7-3970X |
| DDR3-1600 | Memory | DDR3-1600 |
| Max. Memory | 64 GB | |
| 1 (Single Channel) | Memory channels | 4 (Quad Channel) |
| 12.8 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 51.2 GB/s |
| No | ECC | No |
| -- | L2 Cache | -- |
| 1.00 MB | L3 Cache | 15.00 MB |
| -- | PCIe version | 2.0 |
| -- | PCIe lanes | 40 |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | 20.0 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon II X2 340 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Intel Core i7-3970X is 150 W. |
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| AMD Athlon II X2 340 | Characteristic | Intel Core i7-3970X |
| 65 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 150 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe AMD Athlon II X2 340 has a 1.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-3970X cache has a total of 15.00 MB. |
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| AMD Athlon II X2 340 | Characteristic | Intel Core i7-3970X |
| 32 nm | Technology | 32 nm |
| Unknown | Chip design | Monolithic |
| x86-64 (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a | ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX |
| FM2 | Socket | LGA 2011 |
| AMD-V | Virtualization | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d (C2 Stepping) |
| No | AES-NI | Yes |
| Windows 10, Linux | Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux |
| Q4/2012 | Release date | Q4/2012 |
| 30 $ | Release price | 820 $ |
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AMD Athlon II X2 340
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3970X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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AMD Athlon II X2 340
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3970X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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AMD Athlon II X2 340
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3970X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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AMD Athlon II X2 340
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3970X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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AMD Athlon II X2 340
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3970X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
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AMD Athlon II X2 340
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3970X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
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AMD Athlon II X2 340
2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3970X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
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AMD Athlon II X2 340
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3970X
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz |
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| AMD Athlon II X2 340 | Intel Core i7-3970X |
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