Intel Pentium G645T vs AMD Athlon 64 3500+

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium G645T and AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 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.

Intel Pentium G645T

AMD Athlon 64 3500+

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G645T

CPU is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 8 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
Around 14% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 90 nm
Around 91% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 67 Watt
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1131 vs 620
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1228 vs 539

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	September 2012 vs January 2001
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.5 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 67 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1131 vs 620
PassMark - CPU mark	1228 vs 539

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 3500+

2.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1008 vs 452
Around 13% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 954 vs 848

Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1008 vs 452
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	954 vs 848

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium G645T
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 3500+

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1131

620

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1228

539

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

452

1008

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

848

954

Name	Intel Pentium G645T	AMD Athlon 64 3500+
PassMark - Single thread mark	1131	620
PassMark - CPU mark	1228	539
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	452	1008
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	848	954

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium G645T	AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge	San Diego
Launch date	September 2012	January 2001
Place in performance rating	2543	2553
Processor Number	G645T
Series	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$59
Price now		$108.95
Value for money (0-100)		1.46
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.50 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)	512 KB
L3 cache	3072 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	90 nm
Maximum core temperature	65.0°C
Maximum frequency	2.5 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Number of threads	2
Transistor count	504 million	105 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	650 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)	35 Watt	67 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
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)