Intel Pentium J2900 vs AMD Athlon II X4 630

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium J2900 and AMD Athlon II X4 630 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium J2900

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 45 nm
  • 9.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • 5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 42.287 vs 8.536
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 November 2013 vs September 2009
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 42.287 vs 8.536

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 630

  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.66 GHz
  • 2.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1129 vs 733
  • Around 73% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2157 vs 1249
  • 6.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 2.635 vs 0.41
  • Around 81% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 3.684 vs 2.03
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz vs 2.66 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 224 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1129 vs 733
PassMark - CPU mark 2157 vs 1249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.635 vs 0.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.684 vs 2.03

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium J2900
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X4 630

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
733
1129
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1249
2157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
CPU 1
CPU 2
0.41
2.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
CPU 1
CPU 2
42.287
8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
CPU 1
CPU 2
2.03
3.684
Name Intel Pentium J2900 AMD Athlon II X4 630
PassMark - Single thread mark 733 1129
PassMark - CPU mark 1249 2157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.41 2.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 42.287 8.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.547
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.03 3.684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1247
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 347
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.166

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium J2900 AMD Athlon II X4 630

Essentials

Architecture codename Bay Trail Propus
Launch date 1 November 2013 September 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $94 $63
Place in performance rating 2956 2967
Processor Number J2900
Series Intel® Pentium® Processor J Series
Status Discontinued
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Price now $42.99
Value for money (0-100) 21.49

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.41 GHz
L1 cache 224 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 105°C
Maximum frequency 2.66 GHz 2.8 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4
Die size 169 mm
Transistor count 300 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size 8 GB
Supported memory types DDR3L 1333 DDR3

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 688 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 896 MHz
Graphics max frequency 896 MHz
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

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.2

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 25mm X 27mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1170 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 95 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 4
Number of USB ports 5
PCI Express revision 2.0
PCIe configurations X4, X2, X1
Total number of SATA ports 2
USB revision 3.0 and 2.0

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Rapid Storage technology (RST)
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)