Intel Pentium G3220 vs AMD Athlon II X2 210e

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium G3220 and AMD Athlon II X2 210e 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), 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 Pentium G3220

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 15% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1701 vs 1105
  • Around 71% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1893 vs 1105
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2013 vs September 2010
Maximum frequency 3 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1701 vs 1105
PassMark - CPU mark 1893 vs 1105

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 210e

  • Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 53 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 53 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium G3220
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X2 210e

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1701
1105
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1893
1105
Name Intel Pentium G3220 AMD Athlon II X2 210e
PassMark - Single thread mark 1701 1105
PassMark - CPU mark 1893 1105
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 623
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1136
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.203
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 33.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 658
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1371
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2524
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 658
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1371
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2524

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium G3220 AMD Athlon II X2 210e

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Regor
Launch date September 2013 September 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $71
Place in performance rating 2164 2173
Price now $119.95
Processor Number G3220
Series Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 7.69
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.00 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Die size 177 mm 117 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 512 KB
L3 cache 3072 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Maximum core temperature 72°C
Maximum frequency 3 GHz 2.6 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2
Transistor count 1400 million 410 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3-1333, DDR3L-1333 @ 1.5V DDR3

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 1.7 GB
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
VGA

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 1920x1080@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA 1920x1200@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.1/12
OpenGL 4.3

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1150 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 53 Watt 45 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2013C

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision Up to 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
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)