Intel Pentium G620 vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-55

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium G620 and AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

Intel Pentium G620

AMD Athlon 64 FX-55

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G620

CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 7 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 90 nm
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 104 Watt
2.3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1181 vs 505
3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1213 vs 404

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	May 2011 vs October 2004
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 104 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1181 vs 505
PassMark - CPU mark	1213 vs 404

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 FX-55

2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

L2 cache	1024 KB vs 256 KB (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium G620
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 FX-55

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1181

505

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1213

404

Name	Intel Pentium G620	AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
PassMark - Single thread mark	1181	505
PassMark - CPU mark	1213	404
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	458
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.11
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	26.661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1.599
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	0.831

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium G620	AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge	San Diego
Launch date	May 2011	October 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$60	$180
Place in performance rating	3003	2995
Price now	$24.99	$179.95
Processor Number	G620
Series	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	27.01	1.18
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.60 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI
Die size	131 mm	115 mm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1024 KB
L3 cache	3072 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	90 nm
Maximum core temperature	69.1°C
Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz	2.6 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Number of threads	2
Transistor count	504 million	114 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	17 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 1066
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	850 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics	Intel HD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported	2
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1155	939
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	104 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	2.0
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
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)