Intel Pentium G3440 vs AMD Phenom II X2 550

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium G3440 and AMD Phenom II X2 550 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G3440

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 51% lower typical power consumption: 53 Watt vs 80 Watt
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1917 vs 1233
  • Around 89% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2202 vs 1167
Specifications (specs)
Launch date May 2014 vs November 2009
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 53 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1917 vs 1233
PassMark - CPU mark 2202 vs 1167

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X2 550

  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared) vs 3072 KB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium G3440
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X2 550

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1917
1233
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2202
1167
Name Intel Pentium G3440 AMD Phenom II X2 550
PassMark - Single thread mark 1917 1233
PassMark - CPU mark 2202 1167
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 707
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 147.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.19
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.449

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium G3440 AMD Phenom II X2 550

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Callisto
Launch date May 2014 November 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $95 $133
Place in performance rating 2034 2042
Price now $159.94 $49.99
Processor Number G3440
Series Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 6.08 11.92
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.30 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Die size 177 mm 258 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) 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Maximum core temperature 72°C
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz 3.1 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2
Transistor count 1400 million 758 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 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
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

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 80 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)