AMD Athlon II X4 638 vs Intel Core i7-4760HQ

Last updated: 2023-05-10

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon II X4 638		Intel Core i7-4760HQ
CPU comparison AMD Athlon II X4 638 or Intel Core i7-4760HQ - 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 X4 638 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.70 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X4 638 was released in Q1/2012. The Intel Core i7-4760HQ has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-4760HQ was released in Q2/2014.

AMD Athlon II (52)	Family	Intel Core i7 (298)
AMD Athlon II X4 (Llano) (5)	CPU group	Intel Core i 4000M/4000H (38)
2	Generation	4
Llano	Architecture	Haswell H
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Athlon II X4 638 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.70 GHz. The Intel Core i7-4760HQ has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.10 GHz (3.30 GHz).
AMD Athlon II X4 638	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-4760HQ
4	Cores	4
4	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.70 GHz	Frequency	2.10 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.30 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 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. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Athlon II X4 638	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-4760HQ
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
	GPU frequency	0.20 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.20 GHz
--	GPU Generation	7.5
	Technology	22 nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	40
--	Shader	320
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
--	DirectX Version	11.1

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	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Athlon II X4 638 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-4760HQ can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Athlon II X4 638	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-4760HQ
DDR3-1333	Memory	DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600
16 GB	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
No	ECC	No
4.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	6.00 MB
2.0	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	16
--	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon II X4 638 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Intel Core i7-4760HQ is 47 W.
AMD Athlon II X4 638	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-4760HQ
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	47 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Athlon II X4 638 has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-4760HQ cache has a total of 6.00 MB.
AMD Athlon II X4 638	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-4760HQ
32 nm	Technology	22 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, AVX2
FM1	Socket	BGA 1364
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2012	Release date	Q2/2014
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X4 638 (52%)

Intel Core i7-4760HQ (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X4 638 (42%)

Intel Core i7-4760HQ (100%)

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 X4 638 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	374 (52%)
	Intel Core i7-4760HQ 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	724 (100%)

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 X4 638 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1326 (44%)
	Intel Core i7-4760HQ 4C 8T @ 2.10 GHz	3012 (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 X4 638 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	2248 (39%)
	Intel Core i7-4760HQ 4C 8T @ 2.10 GHz	5722 (100%)

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 X4 638 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-4760HQ 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	989 (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 X4 638 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-4760HQ 4C 8T @ 2.10 GHz	3367 (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 X4 638 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-4760HQ Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.20 GHz	768 (100%)

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