AMD Athlon II X3 460 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS

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AMD Athlon II X3 460 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS
AMD Athlon II X3 460 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon II X3 460 or AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS - 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 X3 460 has 3 cores with 3 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X3 460 was released in Q2/2011.

The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS was released in Q2/2024.
AMD Athlon II (52) Family AMD Ryzen 5 PRO (28)
AMD Athlon II X3 (Rana) (12) CPU group AMD Ryzen 8040 (20)
1 Generation 7
Rana Architecture Hawk Point (Zen 4)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640HS
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon II X3 460 has 3 CPU cores and can calculate 3 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon II X3 460 is 3.40 GHz while the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS has 6 CPU cores and 12 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS is at 3.50 GHz (5.00 GHz).

AMD Athlon II X3 460 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS
3 Cores 6
3 Threads 12
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.40 GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 5.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Athlon II X3 460 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS
-- AI hardware AMD Ryzen™ AI
-- AI specifications AMD Ryzen™ AI (XDNA) @ 16 TOPS
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD Athlon II X3 460 or AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon 760M
GPU frequency 0.80 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 2.60 GHz
-- GPU Generation 10
Technology 4 nm
Max. displays 4
-- Compute units 8
-- Shader 512
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation AMD FSR
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon 760M
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode / Encode
No Codec AVC Decode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon II X3 460 can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 120.0 GB/s.

AMD Athlon II X3 460 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS
DDR3-1333 Memory DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500
16 GB Max. Memory 256 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 120.0 GB/s
No ECC Yes
1.50 MB L2 Cache 6.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 16.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 4.0
-- PCIe lanes 20
-- PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon II X3 460 is 95 W, while the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS has a TDP of 28 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Athlon II X3 460 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS
95 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 28 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 20 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon II X3 460 is manufactured in 45 nm and has 1.50 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS is manufactured in 4 nm and has a 22.00 MB cache.

AMD Athlon II X3 460 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS
45 nm Technology 4 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
AM3 Socket FP8
AMD-V Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
No AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2011 Release date Q2/2024
-- Release price --
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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.
AMD Athlon II X3 460 AMD Athlon II X3 460
3C 3T @ 3.40 GHz
426 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
AMD Athlon II X3 460 AMD Athlon II X3 460
3C 3T @ 3.40 GHz
1108 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
AMD Athlon II X3 460 AMD Athlon II X3 460
3C 3T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
2390 (100%)

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.
AMD Athlon II X3 460 AMD Athlon II X3 460
3C 3T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
9867 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Athlon II X3 460 AMD Athlon II X3 460
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS
AMD Radeon 760M @ 2.60 GHz
2663 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Athlon II X3 460 AMD Athlon II X3 460
3C 3T @ 3.40 GHz
1960 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

AI performance (NPU)

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
AMD Athlon II X3 460 AMD Athlon II X3 460
3C 3T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
16 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Athlon II X3 460 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8640HS
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