AMD Athlon II X4 631 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E6300

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 631 and Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 631

• CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• Around 39% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 1.87 GHz
• Around 14% higher maximum core temperature: 70.10°C vs 61.4°C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
• 8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 61% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1115 vs 691
• 3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2122 vs 638
• Around 36% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 342 vs 251
• 2.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1125 vs 446

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo E6300

• Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 631
CPU 2: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1115 691
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2122 638
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	342 251
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1125 446

Compare specifications (specs)