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AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE vs Intel Celeron G1820

AMD

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE

AMD Socket AM3 3700 MHz 4 cores May 2011 DESKTOP
AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE
Intel

Intel Celeron G1820

Intel Socket 1150 2700 MHz 2 cores Dec 2013 DESKTOP
Intel Celeron G1820

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE125%
  • Intel Celeron G1820100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE100%
  • Intel Celeron G1820117%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE164%
  • Intel Celeron G1820100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider the 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 the 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

HWSpot recommends the 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 K10Intel_Haswell
MarketDesktopDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3DDR3
CodenameDenebHaswell
Release DateMay 2011Dec 2013

Cores

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEIntel Celeron G1820
Cores42
Threads42
SMPs11
Integrated GraphicsNoIntel HD (Haswell)

Cache

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEIntel Celeron G1820
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEIntel Celeron G1820
SocketAMD Socket AM3Intel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknown72°C
PackageuPGAFC-LGA12C
Die Size258mm²177mm²
Process45 nm22 nm

Performance

AMD Phenom II X4 980 BEIntel Celeron G1820
Cpu Frequency3700 MHz2700 MHz
Turbo Clocknonenone
Base Clock2000 MHz100 MHz
Voltage1.325 Vunknown
TDP125 W54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE2331 points
  • Intel Celeron G18203024 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE9324 points
  • Intel Celeron G18206048 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE6312
  • Intel Celeron G18203832

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE1872
  • Intel Celeron G18202194

points - higher is better

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