AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE vs Intel Celeron G1820

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
AMD Socket AM3DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 4 / May 2011
AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
Intel Celeron G1820
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
2700 MHz / Cores: 2 / Dec 2013
Intel Celeron G1820

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    125%
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    100%
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    117%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    164%
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 64% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Celeron G1820

17% higher single threaded performance.
71 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 Phenom II X4 980 BE.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEIntel Celeron G1820
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEIntel Celeron G1820
ArchitectureAMD K10vsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameDenebvsHaswell
Release DateMay 2011vsDec 2013

Cores

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEIntel Celeron G1820
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD (Haswell)

Cache

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEIntel Celeron G1820
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEIntel Celeron G1820
SocketAMD Socket AM3vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size258mm²vs177mm²
Process45 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEIntel Celeron G1820
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs2700 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock2000 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.325 Vvsunknown
TDP125 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    2331 points
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    3024 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    9324 points
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    6048 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    6312
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    3832

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
    1872
  • Intel Celeron G1820
    2194

points - higher is better