Intel Core i7-2600 vs AMD Athlon II X3 405e

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i7-2600 and AMD Athlon II X3 405e 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-2600

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
  • Around 65% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 79% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1739 vs 973
  • 4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5346 vs 1331
Specifications (specs)
Launch date January 2011 vs October 2009
Number of cores 4 vs 3
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1739 vs 973
PassMark - CPU mark 5346 vs 1331

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 405e

  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 95 Watt
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 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i7-2600
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 405e

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1739
973
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5346
1331
Name Intel Core i7-2600 AMD Athlon II X3 405e
PassMark - Single thread mark 1739 973
PassMark - CPU mark 5346 1331
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 727
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2727
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 3000
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.393
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 74.312
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.019

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i7-2600 AMD Athlon II X3 405e

Essentials

Architecture codename Sandy Bridge Rana
Launch date January 2011 October 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $247 $80
Place in performance rating 2305 2313
Price now $148.99 $79.99
Processor Number i7-2600
Series Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 16.20 7.46
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.40 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 216 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 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 72.6°C
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz 2.3 GHz
Number of cores 4 3
Number of threads 8
Transistor count 1160 million 300 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1066/1333 DDR3

Graphics

Device ID 0x102
Graphics base frequency 850 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.35 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.35 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 2000

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2
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 LGA1155 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 45 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
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)