AMD Athlon X4 880K vs Intel Pentium G3258

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 880K and Intel Pentium G3258 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Peripherals, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 880K

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 31% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 72.40°C vs 72°C
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3659 vs 2072
  • Around 16% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1718 vs 1480
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Maximum core temperature 72.40°C vs 72°C
L1 cache 256 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 3659 vs 2072
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1718 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 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1841 vs 1633
  • Around 45% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 795 vs 550
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 53 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1841 vs 1633
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 795 vs 550

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 880K
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G3258

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1633
1841
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3659
2072
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
550
795
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1718
1480
Name AMD Athlon X4 880K Intel Pentium G3258
PassMark - Single thread mark 1633 1841
PassMark - CPU mark 3659 2072
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 550 795
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1718 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 880K Intel Pentium G3258

Essentials

Family AMD Athlon Processors
OPN PIB AD880KXBJCSBX
Place in performance rating 2073 2094
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 4 GHz 3.20 GHz
L1 cache 256 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 4.2 GHz 3.2 GHz
Number of cores 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
Number of threads 2
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 125W PCG 2013C
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

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

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision Up to 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

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)