Intel Pentium G3250T vs AMD Athlon II X4 605e

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium G3250T and AMD Athlon II X4 605e 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G3250T

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 60% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1594 vs 997
Specifications (specs)
Launch date July 2014 vs October 2009
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1594 vs 997

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 605e

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1966 vs 1809
  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1433 vs 562
  • 4.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 4113 vs 969
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1966 vs 1809
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1433 vs 562
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4113 vs 969

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium G3250T
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X4 605e

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1594
997
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1809
1966
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
562
1433
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
969
4113
Name Intel Pentium G3250T AMD Athlon II X4 605e
PassMark - Single thread mark 1594 997
PassMark - CPU mark 1809 1966
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 562 1433
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 969 4113
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium G3250T AMD Athlon II X4 605e

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Propus
Launch date July 2014 October 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $46 $102
Place in performance rating 2162 2149
Price now $89.99 $101.80
Processor Number G3250T
Series Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 9.72 7.96
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.80 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Die size 177 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 3072 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Maximum core temperature 66.4°C
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz 2.3 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2
Transistor count 1400 million 300 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 200 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 GHz
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) 35 Watt 45 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2013A

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® Secure Key technology
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)