AMD Athlon X4 845 vs Intel Pentium E6300

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 845 and Intel Pentium E6300 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).

AMD Athlon X4 845

Intel Pentium E6300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 845

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 36% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1680 vs 1143
3.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3796 vs 1032
Around 46% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 516 vs 354
2.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1548 vs 629

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1680 vs 1143
PassMark - CPU mark	3796 vs 1032
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	516 vs 354
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1548 vs 629

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium E6300

Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 74.1°C vs 71.30°C

Maximum core temperature	74.1°C vs 71.30°C

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 845
CPU 2: Intel Pentium E6300

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1680

1143

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3796

1032

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

516

354

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

1548

629

Name	AMD Athlon X4 845	Intel Pentium E6300
PassMark - Single thread mark	1680	1143
PassMark - CPU mark	3796	1032
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	516	354
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1548	629
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 Pentium E6300
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
OPN PIB	AD845XACKASBX
Place in performance rating	2616	2610
Series	AMD Athlon X4	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Wolfdale
Launch date		May 2009
Launch price (MSRP)		$40
Price now		$565
Processor Number		E6300
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		0.89
Performance
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	2.80 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB	2048 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	71.30°C	74.1°C
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz	2.8 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of threads	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		1066 MHz FSB
Die size		82 mm2
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
Transistor count		228 million
VID voltage range		0.8500V-1.3625V
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
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		65 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
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)