Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 vs AMD Athlon II X4 630

Comparative analysis of Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 and AMD Athlon II X4 630 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory. Benchmark processor performance analysis: Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300

  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 9.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 95 Watt
L2 cache 3 MB vs 512 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 630

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 115% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 1.3 GHz
  • Around 96% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 347 vs 177
  • 3.7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1155 vs 309
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz vs 1.3 GHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 347 vs 177
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1155 vs 309

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X4 630

Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
177
347
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
309
1155
Name Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 AMD Athlon II X4 630
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 177 347
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 309 1155
PassMark - Single thread mark 1129
PassMark - CPU mark 2157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.166
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.684

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 AMD Athlon II X4 630

Essentials

Architecture codename Penryn Propus
Launch date 1 September 2009 September 2009
Place in performance rating 3290 2967
Series Intel Core 2 Duo
Vertical segment Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $63
Price now $42.99
Value for money (0-100) 21.49

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 107 mm 169 mm
Front-side bus (FSB) 800 MHz
L2 cache 3 MB 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 1.3 GHz 2.8 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2
Transistor count 410 Million 300 million
L1 cache 128 KB (per core)

Compatibility

Sockets supported BGA956 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Security & Reliability

Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3