AMD Athlon 3000G vs Intel Core i7-4770S

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 3000G and Intel Core i7-4770S 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 3000G

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • Around 33% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 71.35°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
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Launch date 7 Nov 2019 vs June 2013
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 71.35°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 32 GB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4770S

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2120 vs 1981
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6747 vs 4477
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 4
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 192 KB
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2120 vs 1981
PassMark - CPU mark 6747 vs 4477

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 3000G
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4770S

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1981
2120
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4477
6747
Name AMD Athlon 3000G Intel Core i7-4770S
PassMark - Single thread mark 1981 2120
PassMark - CPU mark 4477 6747
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 875
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3187
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 8154
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.82
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 80.896
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.8
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1154
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4042
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4377
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1154
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4042
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4377

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 3000G Intel Core i7-4770S

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Haswell
Launch date 7 Nov 2019 June 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $49 $329
OPN PIB YD3000C6FHBOX
OPN Tray YD3000C6M2OFH
Place in performance rating 1275 1284
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Price now $249.99
Processor Number i7-4770S
Series 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 11.00

Performance

Base frequency 3.5 GHz 3.10 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 4 MB 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 71.35°C
Number of cores 2 4
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 4 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Die size 177 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 71 °C
Maximum frequency 3.90 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
DVI
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 65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2013C

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)