AMD Athlon X4 730 vs Intel Core i3-4150

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 730 and Intel Core i3-4150 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. 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 X4 730

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Number of cores 4 vs 2

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-4150

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 54 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1940 vs 937
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3396 vs 2278
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 54 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1940 vs 937
PassMark - CPU mark 3396 vs 2278

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 730
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-4150

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
937
1940
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2278
3396
Name AMD Athlon X4 730 Intel Core i3-4150
PassMark - Single thread mark 937 1940
PassMark - CPU mark 2278 3396
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 767
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1635
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 46.419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.304
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.213
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.987
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1035
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2510
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1035
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2510

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X4 730 Intel Core i3-4150

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Haswell
Launch date 2 Oct 2012 Q2'14
Place in performance rating 2315 2317
Processor Number i3-4150
Series 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i3 Processors
Status Discontinued
Vertical segment Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 2.8 GHz 3.50 GHz
Die size 246 mm²
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 22 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4 4
Transistor count 1303 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Maximum core temperature 72°C

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
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 54 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2013C

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 2.0 Up to 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
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)

Graphics

Device ID 0x41E
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 2 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4400

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
VGA

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

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.1/12
OpenGL 4.3

Security & Reliability

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