AMD RX-421BD vs Intel Celeron G3900E

Comparative analysis of AMD RX-421BD and Intel Celeron G3900E processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics image quality, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD RX-421BD

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron G3900E

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD RX-421BD
CPU 2: Intel Celeron G3900E

Name AMD RX-421BD Intel Celeron G3900E
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 10.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.623
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7025
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7025
PassMark - Single thread mark 1499
PassMark - CPU mark 2034

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD RX-421BD Intel Celeron G3900E

Essentials

Architecture codename Merlin Falcon Skylake
Family AMD R-Series
Launch date 21 October 2015 Q1'16
Place in performance rating 1721 1723
Processor Number RX-421BD G3900E
Vertical segment Embedded Embedded
Series Intel® Celeron® Processor G Series
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2100 MHz 2.40 GHz
Die size 1073 mm2
L1 cache 320 KB
L2 cache 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3400 MHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4 2
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum core temperature 100°C

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 38.4 GB/s 34.1 GB/s
Supported memory types DDR3-2133, DDR4-2400 DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
Maximum memory size 64 GB

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 800 MHz 350 MHz
Number of pipelines 512
Processor graphics Radeon R7 series Intel® HD Graphics 510
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Device ID 0x1902
Graphics max dynamic frequency 950 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3 3

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.4 4.4

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 12-35 Watt
Package Size micro-BGA 42mm x 28mm
Sockets supported BGA (FP4) FCBGA1440
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

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

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
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® 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 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

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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