Intel Celeron G3900 vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron G3900 and AMD Athlon II X3 420e processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

Intel Celeron G3900

AMD Athlon II X3 420e

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron G3900

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 8% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1690 vs 1058
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2148 vs 1557

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	September 2015 vs September 2010
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1690 vs 1058
PassMark - CPU mark	2148 vs 1557

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 420e

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 51 Watt

Number of cores	3 vs 2
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 51 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron G3900
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 420e

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1690

1058

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2148

1557

Name	Intel Celeron G3900	AMD Athlon II X3 420e
PassMark - Single thread mark	1690	1058
PassMark - CPU mark	2148	1557
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	678
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1244
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	7.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	34.175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	1.171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	7.573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	861
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1554
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2853
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	861
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1554
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2853

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Celeron G3900	AMD Athlon II X3 420e
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Rana
Launch date	September 2015	September 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$50	$116
Place in performance rating	2193	2209
Price now	$52.62	$116.15
Processor Number	G3900
Series	Intel® Celeron® Processor G Series
Status	Launched
Value for money (0-100)	17.63	5.80
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.80 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3
Die size	150 mm	169 mm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4096 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	65 °C
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz	2.6 GHz
Number of cores	2	3
Number of threads	2
Transistor count	1400 million	300 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V	DDR3
Graphics
Device ID	0x1902
Graphics base frequency	350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	950 MHz
Graphics max 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
Processor graphics	Intel® HD Graphics 510
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported	3
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
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
Max resolution over VGA	N / A
Max resolution over WiDi	1080p
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
OpenGL	4.4
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1151	AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	51 Watt	45 Watt
Thermal Solution	PCG 2015C (65W)
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability	1S Only
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
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® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
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)