AMD Athlon X4 970 vs Intel Pentium G4620

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 970 and Intel Pentium G4620 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 970

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Launch date 27 July 2017 vs January 2017
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 4 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G4620

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 51 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2249 vs 1616
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3754 vs 3472
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 51 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2249 vs 1616
PassMark - CPU mark 3754 vs 3472

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 970
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G4620

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1616
2249
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3472
3754
Name AMD Athlon X4 970 Intel Pentium G4620
PassMark - Single thread mark 1616 2249
PassMark - CPU mark 3472 3754
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 909
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2095

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X4 970 Intel Pentium G4620

Essentials

Architecture codename Bristol Ridge Kaby Lake
Family AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date 27 July 2017 January 2017
OPN PIB AD970XAUABBOX
OPN Tray AD970XAUM44AB
Place in performance rating 1576 1571
Series AMD Athlon X4 Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $100
Price now $111.42
Processor Number G4620
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 13.76

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.8 GHz 3.70 GHz
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C 65 °C
Maximum frequency 4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4 4
Transistor count 1178 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
L3 cache 3072 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature 100°C
Number of QPI Links 0

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4-2133/2400, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory size 64 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 51 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2015C (65W)

Peripherals

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

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics

Device ID 0x5912
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 630

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.4

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot