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).

AMD Athlon X4 730

Intel Core i3-4150

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: 3395 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	3395 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

3395

Name	AMD Athlon X4 730	Intel Core i3-4150
PassMark - Single thread mark	937	1940
PassMark - CPU mark	2278	3395
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)