AMD Athlon 5370 vs Intel Pentium G840

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 5370 and Intel Pentium G840 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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 5370

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 10% higher maximum core temperature: 76°C vs 69.1°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1905 vs 1253
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature 76°C vs 69.1°C
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 256 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1905 vs 1253

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G840

  • Around 68% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1271 vs 757
  • Around 91% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 514 vs 269
  • Around 3% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 935 vs 905
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1271 vs 757
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 514 vs 269
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 935 vs 905

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 5370
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G840

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
757
1271
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1905
1253
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
269
514
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
905
935
Name AMD Athlon 5370 Intel Pentium G840
PassMark - Single thread mark 757 1271
PassMark - CPU mark 1905 1253
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 269 514
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 905 935
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 677
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 838
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 677
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 838
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2117

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 5370 Intel Pentium G840

Essentials

Family AMD Athlon Processors
OPN Tray AD5370JAH44HM
Place in performance rating 2413 2390
Series AMD Athlon Quad-Core APU Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Sandy Bridge
Launch date May 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $60
Price now $34.99
Processor Number G840
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 21.58

Performance

Base frequency 2.2 GHz 2.80 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 76°C 69.1°C
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4 2
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 131 mm
L3 cache 3072 KB (shared)
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz
Transistor count 504 million

Memory

Max memory channels 1 2
Supported memory frequency 1600 MHz
Maximum memory bandwidth 21 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1066/1333

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 600 MHz 1.1 GHz
iGPU core count 128
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R3 Graphics Intel HD Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics base frequency 850 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
Number of displays supported 2
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM1 FCLGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Advanced Technologies

AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

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

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 2.0

Security & Reliability

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