AMD Athlon X4 870K vs Intel Pentium G3460

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 870K and Intel Pentium G3460 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.

AMD Athlon X4 870K

Intel Pentium G3460

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 17% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.5 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 53% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3410 vs 2231
Around 14% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1619 vs 1423

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz vs 3.5 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 2231
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1619 vs 1423

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G3460

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 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1986 vs 1558
Around 42% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 757 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	1986 vs 1558
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	757 vs 532

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 870K
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G3460

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1558

1986

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3410

2231

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

532

757

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

1619

1423

Name	AMD Athlon X4 870K	Intel Pentium G3460
PassMark - Single thread mark	1558	1986
PassMark - CPU mark	3410	2231
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	532	757
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1619	1423
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 870K	Intel Pentium G3460
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
OPN PIB	AD870KXBJCSBX
Place in performance rating	2127	2128
Series	AMD Athlon X4	Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Haswell
Launch date		July 2014
Launch price (MSRP)		$89
Price now		$288.20
Processor Number		G3460
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		3.67
Performance
Base frequency	3.9 GHz	3.50 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	3.5 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	DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 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® 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
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
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® Secure Key technology
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)