AMD Athlon X4 850 vs Intel Pentium G3440T

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 850 and Intel Pentium G3440T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 850

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 36% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 66.4°C
  • Around 60% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3366 vs 2107
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature 90°C vs 66.4°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 3366 vs 2107

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G3440T

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1615 vs 1575
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1615 vs 1575

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 850
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G3440T

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1575
1615
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3366
2107
Name AMD Athlon X4 850 Intel Pentium G3440T
PassMark - Single thread mark 1575 1615
PassMark - CPU mark 3366 2107

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X4 850 Intel Pentium G3440T

Essentials

Architecture codename Godaveri Haswell
Launch date Jul 2015 Q2'14
Place in performance rating 1620 1611
Processor Number G3440T
Series Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series
Status Discontinued
Vertical segment Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 3.2 GHz 2.80 GHz
Die size 245 mm²
L1 cache 256K
L2 cache 4MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 90°C 66.4°C
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4 2
Transistor count 2,411 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR3-2133 MHz, Dual-channel DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FM2+ FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2013A

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 16 Lanes, (CPU only) Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision Up to 3.0
Scalability 1S Only

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 200 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 1.7 GB
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
VGA

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 1920x1080@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA 1920x1200@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.1/12
OpenGL 4.3

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)