AMD Athlon X4 970 vs Intel Pentium G4520
Summary
AMD Athlon X4 970
100%
Intel Pentium G4520
136%
Relative performance
AMD Athlon X4 970
100%
Intel Pentium G4520
180%
Relative performance
AMD Athlon X4 970
107%
Intel Pentium G4520
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 970 |
7% higher multi threaded performance. |
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below). |
Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G4520 |
Much higher single threaded performance (around 80% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications. |
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Athlon X4 970. |
Gaming
No clear winner declared
Productivity
No clear winner declared
Features
AMD Athlon X4 970 | | Intel Pentium G4520 | |
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MMX | | | |
3DNow! | | | |
SSE | | | |
SSE2 | | | |
SSE3 | | | |
SSE4 | | | |
SSE4.1 | | | |
SSE4.2 | | | |
SSE4A | | | |
AMD64 | | | |
AES | | | |
AVX | | | |
AVX2 | | | |
BMI1 | | | |
BMI2 | | | |
FMA3 | | | |
FMA4 | | | |
F16C | | | |
TBM | | | |
XOP | | | |
AMD-V | | | |
EVP | | | |
Turbo Core | | | |
SSSE3 | | | |
EIST | | | |
Intel 64 | | | |
XD bit | | | |
VT-x | | | |
AES-NI | | | |
TSX | | | |
CLMUL | | | |
Architecture
| AMD Athlon X4 970 | | Intel Pentium G4520 | |
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Architecture | AMD Excavator | vs | Intel_Skylake |
Market | Desktop | vs | Desktop |
Memory Support | DDR4 | vs | DDR3, DDR4 |
Codename | Bristol Ridge | vs | Skylake |
Release Date | Jul 2017 | vs | Sep 2015 |
Cores
| AMD Athlon X4 970 | | Intel Pentium G4520 | |
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Cores | 4 | vs | 2 |
Threads | 4 | vs | 2 |
SMPs | 1 | vs | 1 |
Integrated Graphics | No | vs | Intel HD 530 |
Cache
| AMD Athlon X4 970 | | Intel Pentium G4520 | |
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L1 Cache | 128 KB (per core) | vs | 64 KB (per core) |
L2 Cache | 512 KB (per core) | vs | 256 KB (per core) |
L3 Cache | 0 KB | vs | 4096 KB (shared) |
Physical
| AMD Athlon X4 970 | | Intel Pentium G4520 | |
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Socket | AMD Socket AM4 | vs | Intel Socket 1151 |
Max Case Temp | 74°C | vs | 65°C |
Package | uPGA | vs | |
Die Size | 246mm² | vs | 150mm² |
Process | 28 nm | vs | 14 nm |
Performance
| AMD Athlon X4 970 | | Intel Pentium G4520 | |
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Cpu Frequency | 3800 MHz | vs | 3600 MHz |
Turbo Clock | 4000 MHz | vs | none |
Base Clock | 100 MHz | vs | 100 MHz |
Voltage | 1.475 V | vs | unknown |
TDP | 65 W | vs | 51 W |
AMD Athlon X4 970
2760 points
Intel Pentium G4520
4140 points
Points - higher is better
AMD Athlon X4 970
9124 points
Intel Pentium G4520
8280 points
Points - higher is better
points - higher is better
points - higher is better