AMD Athlon X4 870K vs Intel Pentium G3258

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 870K and Intel Pentium G3258 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Virtualization. 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 870K

Intel Pentium G3258

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 870K

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 28% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 72.40°C vs 72°C
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3410 vs 2076
Around 9% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1619 vs 1480

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Maximum core temperature	72.40°C vs 72°C
L2 cache	4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	3410 vs 2076
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1619 vs 1480

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G3258

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 53 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1857 vs 1558
Around 49% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 795 vs 532

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	53 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1857 vs 1558
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	795 vs 532

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 870K
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G3258

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1558

1857

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3410

2076

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

532

795

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

1619

1480

Name	AMD Athlon X4 870K	Intel Pentium G3258
PassMark - Single thread mark	1558	1857
PassMark - CPU mark	3410	2076
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	532	795
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1619	1480
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		1.292
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		46.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		1.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		3.792
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		674
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1531
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		4218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		674
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1531
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		4218

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 870K	Intel Pentium G3258
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
OPN PIB	AD870KXBJCSBX
Place in performance rating	2034	2017
Series	AMD Athlon X4	Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Haswell
Launch date		June 2014
Launch price (MSRP)		$77
Price now		$178.28
Processor Number		G3258
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		6.43
Performance
Base frequency	3.9 GHz	3.20 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	72.40°C	72°C
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of threads	4	2
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI2
Die size		177 mm
L3 cache		3072 KB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Transistor count		1400 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3-1333, DDR3L-1333 @ 1.5V
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		21.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FM2+	FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	53 Watt
Thermal Solution	Near Silent 95W	PCG 2013C
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	Up to 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCIe configurations		Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability		1S Only
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Graphics
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		1.7 GB
Processor graphics		Intel HD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
VGA
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort		2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		1920x1080@60Hz
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)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)