Intel Pentium G3240 vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium G3240 and AMD Athlon II X3 420e 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 Pentium G3240

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 65% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1743 vs 1058
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1944 vs 1557
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1743 vs 1058
PassMark - CPU mark 1944 vs 1557

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 420e

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
  • Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 53 Watt
Number of cores 3 vs 2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 53 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium G3240
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 420e

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1743
1058
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1944
1557
Name Intel Pentium G3240 AMD Athlon II X3 420e
PassMark - Single thread mark 1743 1058
PassMark - CPU mark 1944 1557
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 619
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.408
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 30.618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.832
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2835
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2835

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium G3240 AMD Athlon II X3 420e

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Rana
Launch date Q2'14 September 2010
Place in performance rating 2201 2209
Processor Number G3240
Series Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series
Status Discontinued
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $116
Price now $116.15
Value for money (0-100) 5.80

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.10 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 72°C
Number of cores 2 3
Number of threads 2
Die size 169 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core)
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz
Transistor count 300 million

Memory

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
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)