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.

AMD Athlon X4 850

Intel Pentium G3440T

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	1621	1612
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)