AMD Phenom II X3 N830 vs Intel Pentium SU4100

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X3 N830 and Intel Pentium SU4100 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Virtualization, Memory, Advanced Technologies. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 N830

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
  • Around 62% higher clock speed: 2.1 GHz vs 1.3 GHz
  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 823 vs 524
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1222 vs 492
  • Around 56% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 271 vs 174
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 688 vs 299
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 May 2010 vs September 2009
Number of cores 3 vs 2
Maximum frequency 2.1 GHz vs 1.3 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 823 vs 524
PassMark - CPU mark 1222 vs 492
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 271 vs 174
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 688 vs 299

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium SU4100

  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 3.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 35 Watt
L2 cache 2048 KB vs 1536 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X3 N830
CPU 2: Intel Pentium SU4100

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
823
524
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1222
492
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
271
174
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
688
299
Name AMD Phenom II X3 N830 Intel Pentium SU4100
PassMark - Single thread mark 823 524
PassMark - CPU mark 1222 492
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 271 174
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 688 299
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.863
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 8.244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.19

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X3 N830 Intel Pentium SU4100

Essentials

Architecture codename Champlain Penryn
Launch date 12 May 2010 September 2009
Place in performance rating 3181 3193
Series 3x AMD Phenom II
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz
L2 cache 1536 KB 2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 2.1 GHz 1.3 GHz
Number of cores 3 2
Number of threads 3
Die size 107 mm
L1 cache 64 KB
Transistor count 410 million

Compatibility

Sockets supported S1 Intel BGA 956
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 10 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology