Intel Pentium G630 vs AMD Athlon 64 2800+

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium G630 and AMD Athlon 64 2800+ 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 - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

Intel Pentium G630

AMD Athlon 64 2800+

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G630

CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
Around 50% higher clock speed: 2.7 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 130 nm
Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 89 Watt
2.4x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1246 vs 511
3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1334 vs 438

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	September 2011 vs April 2004
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.7 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 89 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1246 vs 511
PassMark - CPU mark	1334 vs 438

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium G630
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 2800+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1246

511

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1334

438

Name	Intel Pentium G630	AMD Athlon 64 2800+
PassMark - Single thread mark	1246	511
PassMark - CPU mark	1334	438
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	469
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.017
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	25.45
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.136
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	0.698

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium G630	AMD Athlon 64 2800+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge	NewCastle
Launch date	September 2011	April 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$100	$100
Place in performance rating	2980	2974
Price now	$24.99	$99.99
Processor Number	G630
Series	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	27.96	1.29
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.70 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI
Die size	131 mm	144 mm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	3072 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	130 nm
Maximum core temperature	69.1°C
Maximum frequency	2.7 GHz	1.8 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Number of threads	2
Transistor count	504 million	69 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	754
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	89 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)