AMD Athlon II X3 460 vs Intel Celeron G1630

AMD Athlon II X3 460
AMD Socket AM3DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 3 / May 2011
AMD Athlon II X3 460
Intel Celeron G1630
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2013
Intel Celeron G1630

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Athlon II X3 460
    102%
  • Intel Celeron G1630
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Athlon II X3 460
    100%
  • Intel Celeron G1630
    120%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Athlon II X3 460
    122%
  • Intel Celeron G1630
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Athlon II X3 460

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 22% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Celeron G1630

Much higher single threaded performance (around 20% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
40 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Athlon II X3 460.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD Athlon II X3 460

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Athlon II X3 460

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Athlon II X3 460Intel Celeron G1630
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
NX bit
AMD Virtualization
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x

Architecture

AMD Athlon II X3 460Intel Celeron G1630
ArchitectureAMD K10vsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameRanavsIvy Bridge
Release DateMay 2011vsSep 2013

Cores

AMD Athlon II X3 460Intel Celeron G1630
Cores3vs2
Threads3vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD

Cache

AMD Athlon II X3 460Intel Celeron G1630
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs2048 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Athlon II X3 460Intel Celeron G1630
SocketAMD Socket AM3vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size169mm²vs94mm²
Process45 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Athlon II X3 460Intel Celeron G1630
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs2800 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.4 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs55 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon II X3 460
    2142 points
  • Intel Celeron G1630
    2884 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Athlon II X3 460
    6426 points
  • Intel Celeron G1630
    5768 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD Athlon II X3 460
    4473
  • Intel Celeron G1630
    3662

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD Athlon II X3 460
    1716
  • Intel Celeron G1630
    2072

points - higher is better