Intel Pentium G3470 vs AMD Athlon X4 970

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium G3470 and AMD Athlon X4 970 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, 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), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Pentium G3470

AMD Athlon X4 970

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G3470

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 53 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2089 vs 1700

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	53 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2089 vs 1700

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 970

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3811 vs 2428

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	3811 vs 2428

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium G3470
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X4 970

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2089

1700

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2428

3811

Name	Intel Pentium G3470	AMD Athlon X4 970
PassMark - Single thread mark	2089	1700
PassMark - CPU mark	2428	3811
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.537
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	42.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.637
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	6.719
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	6.851
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	3722
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	6384

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium G3470	AMD Athlon X4 970
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Bristol Ridge
Launch date	Q1'15	27 July 2017
Place in performance rating	1471	1500
Processor Number	G3470
Series	Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series	AMD Athlon X4
Status	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD Athlon Processors
OPN PIB		AD970XAUABBOX
OPN Tray		AD970XAUM44AB
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.60 GHz	3.8 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI2
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	72°C
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	2	4
Die size		246 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
L2 cache		2 MB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		74 °C
Maximum frequency		4 GHz
Transistor count		1178 million
Unlocked
Memory
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	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	1.10 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	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	53 Watt	65 Watt
Thermal Solution	PCG 2013C
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	Up to 3.0	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
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
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)