AMD Athlon II X4 640 & X4 610e Review - PAGE 5

HandBrake is an application that converts sound and video files to other formats. It makes use the many available threads so it can exploit the processor to its full potential.

POV-Ray, for Persistence of Vision Raytracer, is a 3D rendering software that has impressive photo-realistic capabilities.

This time, the Athlon II X4 640, overclocked or not, exhibited its raw power and came on top of every other processor in both benchmarks. Its predecessor is right behind, followed by its low-power overclocked cousin. At stock frequencies, in Handbrake, the latter will fall a tad behind the Core i5-661 but on top of the Phenom II, oddly. In POV-Ray, the inverse happens; the low-power Phenom II comes out on top followed by the other low-power processor, and finally, all three Intel processors.