AMD Phenom II X4 P920 vs Intel Pentium SU2700

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 P920 and Intel Pentium SU2700 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 P920

  • CPU is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • 3 more threads: 4 vs 1
  • Around 23% higher clock speed: 1.6 GHz vs 1.3 GHz
  • 8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 597 vs 480
  • 4.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1006 vs 228
  • Around 21% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1029 vs 849
  • 3.6x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2866 vs 802
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 May 2010 vs 1 August 2009
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Number of threads 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 1.6 GHz vs 1.3 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB vs 64 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 597 vs 480
PassMark - CPU mark 1006 vs 228
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1029 vs 849
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2866 vs 802

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium SU2700

  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 25 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 25 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 P920
CPU 2: Intel Pentium SU2700

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
597
480
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1006
228
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1029
849
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
2866
802
Name AMD Phenom II X4 P920 Intel Pentium SU2700
PassMark - Single thread mark 597 480
PassMark - CPU mark 1006 228
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1029 849
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2866 802
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4.549

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X4 P920 Intel Pentium SU2700

Essentials

Architecture codename Champlain Penryn
Launch date 12 May 2010 1 August 2009
Place in performance rating 2738 2754
Series 4x AMD Phenom II Intel Pentium
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz 800 MHz
L1 cache 512 KB 64 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 1.6 GHz 1.3 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Number of threads 4 1
Die size 107 mm
Transistor count 410 Million

Compatibility

Sockets supported S1 (S1g4) soldered
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 10 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Advanced Technologies

VirusProtect
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3