Intel Pentium G4560 vs AMD Athlon X4 950

Intel Pentium G4560
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2017
Intel Pentium G4560
AMD Athlon X4 950
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD Athlon X4 950

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4560
    156%
  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4560
    185%
  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Pentium G4560
    128%
  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G4560

Much higher single threaded performance (around 85% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 28% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Athlon X4 950.
Around 56% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Athlon X4 950

None

Intel Pentium G4560

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium G4560

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Pentium G4560

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Pentium G4560

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Pentium G4560AMD Athlon X4 950
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3
MPX
SGX
3DNow!
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

Intel Pentium G4560AMD Athlon X4 950
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsAMD Excavator
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameKaby LakevsBristol Ridge
Release DateJan 2017vsSep 2016

Cores

Intel Pentium G4560AMD Athlon X4 950
Cores2vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 610vsNo

Cache

Intel Pentium G4560AMD Athlon X4 950
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

Intel Pentium G4560AMD Athlon X4 950
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp65°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1151vsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Pentium G4560AMD Athlon X4 950
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP51 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G4560
    4200 points
  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    2622 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Pentium G4560
    10080 points
  • AMD Athlon X4 950
    8404 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G4560
    377
  • AMD Athlon X4 950 (simulated)
    293.82

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Pentium G4560 (simulated)
    149.17
  • AMD Athlon X4 950 (simulated)
    80.52

points - higher is better