Intel Pentium G850 vs AMD Athlon II X4 600e

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium G850 and AMD Athlon II X4 600e 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 G850

AMD Athlon II X4 600e

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G850

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 32% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1357 vs 913

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	May 2011 vs October 2009
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1357 vs 913

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 600e

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1795 vs 1471

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	1795 vs 1471

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium G850
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X4 600e

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1357

913

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1471

1795

Name	Intel Pentium G850	AMD Athlon II X4 600e
PassMark - Single thread mark	1357	913
PassMark - CPU mark	1471	1795
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	506
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	917

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium G850	AMD Athlon II X4 600e
Essentials
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge	Propus
Launch date	May 2011	October 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$27	$130
Place in performance rating	2345	2389
Price now	$29.99	$130.23
Processor Number	G850
Series	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status	Launched
Value for money (0-100)	26.17	5.55
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.90 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI
Die size	131 mm	169 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)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	69.1°C
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	2
Transistor count	504 million	300 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 1066/1333	DDR3
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	AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	45 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® 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)