AMD A6-3600 vs Intel Pentium G630

AMD A6-3600
AMD Socket FM1DESKTOP
2100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2011
AMD A6-3600
Intel Pentium G630
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2011
Intel Pentium G630

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A6-3600
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G630
    114%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A6-3600
    100%
  • Intel Pentium G630
    151%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A6-3600
    130%
  • Intel Pentium G630
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A6-3600

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 30% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G630

Much higher single threaded performance (around 51% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD A6-3600

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD A6-3600

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A6-3600Intel Pentium G630
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
Turbo Core
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD A6-3600Intel Pentium G630
ArchitectureAMD LLanovsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameLlanovsSandy Bridge
Release DateJun 2011vsSep 2011

Cores

AMD A6-3600Intel Pentium G630
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 6530DvsIntel HD (Sandy Bridge)

Cache

AMD A6-3600Intel Pentium G630
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A6-3600Intel Pentium G630
SocketAMD Socket FM1vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
Die Size228mm²vs131mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A6-3600Intel Pentium G630
Cpu Frequency2100 MHzvs2700 MHz
Turbo Clock2400 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.4125 Vvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-3600
    2400 points
  • Intel Pentium G630
    2700 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-3600
    8400 points
  • Intel Pentium G630
    5400 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A6-3600
    4004
  • Intel Pentium G630
    3072

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A6-3600
    1186
  • Intel Pentium G630
    1799

points - higher is better