AMD Athlon 3000G vs Intel Core i5-4670K

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 3000G and Intel Core i5-4670K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics image quality, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon 3000G

Intel Core i5-4670K

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 3000G

CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 31% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 72.72°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 32 GB
2.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 84 Watt

Launch date	7 Nov 2019 vs June 2013
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 72.72°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 32 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 84 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-4670K

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2144 vs 1963
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5578 vs 4455

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
L3 cache	6144 KB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2144 vs 1963
PassMark - CPU mark	5578 vs 4455

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 3000G
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-4670K

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1963

2144

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4455

5578

Name	AMD Athlon 3000G	Intel Core i5-4670K
PassMark - Single thread mark	1963	2144
PassMark - CPU mark	4455	5578
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		974
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3181
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		2144
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		3.966
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		80.679
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.451
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		2.3
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		6.563

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 3000G	Intel Core i5-4670K
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Haswell
Launch date	7 Nov 2019	June 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$49	$266
OPN PIB	YD3000C6FHBOX
OPN Tray	YD3000C6M2OFH
Place in performance rating	1296	2199
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$240
Processor Number		i5-4670K
Series		4th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		9.37
Performance
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	3.40 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	72.72°C
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI2
Die size		177 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Maximum frequency		3.80 GHz
Transistor count		1400 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	47.68 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Graphics
Execution Units	3
Graphics base frequency	1100 MHz	350 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Number of pipelines	192
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics	Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Device ID		0x412
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.20 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1.2 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		2 GB
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	11.2/12
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	84 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2013D
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20	16
Number of USB ports	4
PCI Express revision	3.0	Up to 3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16+1x4	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Total number of SATA ports	4
USB revision	3.0
Scalability		1S Only
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA		1920x1200@60Hz
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
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)