AMD Athlon X4 845 vs Intel Celeron 430

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 845 and Intel Celeron 430 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Security & Reliability, Virtualization. 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 845

  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 111% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
  • Around 18% higher maximum core temperature: 71.30°C vs 60.4°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1680 vs 615
  • 13.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3796 vs 280
  • Around 78% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1548 vs 868
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Maximum core temperature 71.30°C vs 60.4°C
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 65 nm
L2 cache 2 MB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1680 vs 615
PassMark - CPU mark 3796 vs 280
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1548 vs 868

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron 430

  • Around 76% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 907 vs 516
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 907 vs 516

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 845
CPU 2: Intel Celeron 430

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1680
615
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3796
280
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
516
907
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1548
868
Name AMD Athlon X4 845 Intel Celeron 430
PassMark - Single thread mark 1680 615
PassMark - CPU mark 3796 280
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 516 907
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1548 868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.853
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 11.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.237

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X4 845 Intel Celeron 430

Essentials

Family AMD Athlon Processors
OPN PIB AD845XACKASBX
Place in performance rating 2616 2613
Series AMD Athlon X4 Legacy Intel® Celeron® Processor
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Conroe
Launch date June 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $50
Price now $16.52
Processor Number 430
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 8.72

Performance

Base frequency 3.5 GHz 1.80 GHz
L2 cache 2 MB 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 65 nm
Maximum core temperature 71.30°C 60.4°C
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 1.8 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Number of threads 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 800 MHz FSB
Die size 77 mm2
L1 cache 64 KB
Transistor count 105 million
VID voltage range 1.0000V-1.3375V

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Compatibility

Sockets supported FM2+ LGA775
Thermal Solution Near Silent 95W
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring

Security & Reliability

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

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)