Intel Celeron G1620 vs AMD Athlon 64 4000+

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron G1620 and AMD Athlon 64 4000+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Celeron G1620

AMD Athlon 64 4000+

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron G1620

CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 2 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
Around 13% higher clock speed: 2.7 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 90 nm
Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 89 Watt
2.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1454 vs 677
2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1571 vs 608

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	December 2012 vs October 2004
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.7 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 89 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1454 vs 677
PassMark - CPU mark	1571 vs 608

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 4000+

2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

L2 cache	1024 KB vs 256 KB (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron G1620
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 4000+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1454

677

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1571

608

Name	Intel Celeron G1620	AMD Athlon 64 4000+
PassMark - Single thread mark	1454	677
PassMark - CPU mark	1571	608
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	470
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	878
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	19.177
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.19
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	0.878
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1.933
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1528
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1528

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Celeron G1620	AMD Athlon 64 4000+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge	San Diego
Launch date	December 2012	October 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$208	$160
Place in performance rating	2720	2730
Price now	$153.59	$11.99
Processor Number	G1620
Series	Intel® Celeron® Processor G Series
Status	Launched
Value for money (0-100)	4.95	14.88
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.70 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI
Die size	94 mm	115 mm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1024 KB
L3 cache	2048 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	90 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	65 °C
Maximum frequency	2.7 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Number of threads	2
Transistor count		105 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 1333
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	650 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	1.05 GHz
Graphics max frequency	1.05 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics	Intel HD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported	3
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1155	939
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt	89 Watt
Thermal Solution	2011C
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	2.0
PCIe configurations	up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 & 2x4
Scalability	1S Only
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)