AMD Athlon X4 845 vs Intel Pentium G4500

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AMD Athlon X4 845 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium G4500
AMD Athlon X4 845 Intel Pentium G4500

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD Athlon X4 845 and the Intel Pentium G4500 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the AMD Athlon X4 845 4 core processor released in Q1/2016 with the Intel Pentium G4500 which has 2 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2015.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD Athlon X4 (Carizzo) (2) CPU group Intel Pentium G4000 (5)
2 Generation 6
Carizzo Architecture Skylake S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Pentium Gold G5500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon X4 845 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (3.80 GHz). The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The Intel Pentium G4500 clocks with 3.50 GHz, has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel.

AMD Athlon X4 845 Characteristic Intel Pentium G4500
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.50 GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
3.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Athlon X4 845 Characteristic Intel Pentium G4500
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.05 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 24
-- Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the AMD Athlon X4 845, while the Intel Pentium G4500 supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 34.1 GB/s enabled.

AMD Athlon X4 845 Characteristic Intel Pentium G4500
DDR3-2133 Memory DDR4-2133
Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
34.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 3.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
8 PCIe lanes 16
7.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The AMD Athlon X4 845 has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP of the Intel Pentium G4500 is 51 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

AMD Athlon X4 845 Characteristic Intel Pentium G4500
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 51 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Athlon X4 845 has 2.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 28 nm. The cache of Intel Pentium G4500 is at 3.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

AMD Athlon X4 845 Characteristic Intel Pentium G4500
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
FM2+ Socket LGA 1151
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2016 Release date Q3/2015
65 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon X4 845 AMD Athlon X4 845
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
603 (68%)
Intel Pentium G4500 Intel Pentium G4500
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
887 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon X4 845 AMD Athlon X4 845
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1832 (100%)
Intel Pentium G4500 Intel Pentium G4500
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
1684 (92%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Athlon X4 845 AMD Athlon X4 845
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
695 (91%)
Intel Pentium G4500 Intel Pentium G4500
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
763 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Athlon X4 845 AMD Athlon X4 845
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1772 (100%)
Intel Pentium G4500 Intel Pentium G4500
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
1290 (73%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Athlon X4 845 AMD Athlon X4 845
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
3794 (100%)
Intel Pentium G4500 Intel Pentium G4500
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
2766 (73%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon X4 845 AMD Athlon X4 845
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
93 (62%)
Intel Pentium G4500 Intel Pentium G4500
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
149 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon X4 845 AMD Athlon X4 845
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
316 (100%)
Intel Pentium G4500 Intel Pentium G4500
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
266 (84%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Athlon X4 845 AMD Athlon X4 845
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G4500 Intel Pentium G4500
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.05 GHz
403 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Athlon X4 845 Intel Pentium G4500
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