Intel Pentium Dual Core SU4100 vs AMD Athlon II X4 630

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Dual Core SU4100 and AMD Athlon II X4 630 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Memory. 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Pentium Dual Core SU4100

AMD Athlon II X4 630

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Dual Core SU4100

9.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 95 Watt

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

Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz vs 1.3 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Dual Core SU4100
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X4 630

Name	Intel Pentium Dual Core SU4100	AMD Athlon II X4 630
PassMark - Single thread mark		1129
PassMark - CPU mark		2157
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		347
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1155
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 Pentium Dual Core SU4100	AMD Athlon II X4 630
Essentials
Architecture codename	Penryn	Propus
Launch date	1 September 2009	September 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	2969
Series	Intel Pentium Dual Core
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	2048 KB	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
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR3