Intel Celeron G4900 vs AMD Athlon II X3 400e

Comparative analysis of Intel Celeron G4900 and AMD Athlon II X3 400e 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron G4900

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 41% higher clock speed: 3.1 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1837 vs 908
  • Around 82% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2397 vs 1320
Specifications (specs)
Launch date January 2018 vs October 2009
Maximum frequency 3.1 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1837 vs 908
PassMark - CPU mark 2397 vs 1320

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 400e

  • 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 20% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 54 Watt
  • Around 87% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1398 vs 746
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 3137 vs 1353
Specifications (specs)
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 54 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1398 vs 746
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3137 vs 1353

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Celeron G4900
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 400e

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1837
908
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2397
1320
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
746
1398
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1353
3137
Name Intel Celeron G4900 AMD Athlon II X3 400e
PassMark - Single thread mark 1837 908
PassMark - CPU mark 2397 1320
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 746 1398
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1353 3137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.011
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 18.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.188
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.512
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1013
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1910
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3385
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1013
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1910
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3385

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Celeron G4900 AMD Athlon II X3 400e

Essentials

Architecture codename Coffee Lake Rana
Launch date January 2018 October 2009
Place in performance rating 1963 1973
Price now $58.80 $107.43
Processor Number G4900
Series Intel® Celeron® Processor G Series
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 16.38 5.51
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $107

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.10 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Maximum core temperature 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.1 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 2 3
Number of threads 2
Die size 169 mm
Transistor count 300 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR3

Graphics

Device ID 0x3E93
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.05 GHz
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® UHD Graphics 610

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3

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

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

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) 54 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)