AMD Athlon II X3 405e vs Intel Core i7-4770T

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AMD Athlon II X3 405e CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-4770T
AMD Athlon II X3 405e Intel Core i7-4770T

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon II X3 405e or Intel Core i7-4770T - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Athlon II X3 405e has 3 cores with 3 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X3 405e was released in Q3/2009.

The Intel Core i7-4770T has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-4770T was released in Q2/2013.
AMD Athlon II (52) Family Intel Core i7 (298)
AMD Athlon II X3 (Rana) (12) CPU group Intel Core i 4000 (64)
1 Generation 4
Rana Architecture Haswell S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Core i7-3770T
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon II X3 405e has 3 CPU cores and can calculate 3 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon II X3 405e is 2.30 GHz while the Intel Core i7-4770T has 4 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-4770T is at 2.50 GHz (3.70 GHz).

AMD Athlon II X3 405e Characteristic Intel Core i7-4770T
3 Cores 4
3 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz Frequency 2.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.20 GHz

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 II X3 405e Characteristic Intel Core i7-4770T
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD Athlon II X3 405e or Intel Core i7-4770T has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.20 GHz
-- GPU Generation 7.5
Technology 22 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 20
-- Shader 160
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 11.1

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 4600
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon II X3 405e can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The Intel Core i7-4770T supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

AMD Athlon II X3 405e Characteristic Intel Core i7-4770T
DDR3-1333 Memory DDR3-1600
16 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
1.50 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 8.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon II X3 405e is 45 W, while the Intel Core i7-4770T has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Athlon II X3 405e Characteristic Intel Core i7-4770T
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Athlon II X3 405e is manufactured in 45 nm and has 1.50 MB cache. The Intel Core i7-4770T is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 8.00 MB cache.

AMD Athlon II X3 405e Characteristic Intel Core i7-4770T
45 nm Technology 22 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
AM3 Socket LGA 1150
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2009 Release date Q2/2013
-- Release price 275 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon II X3 405e (33%)
Intel Core i7-4770T (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon II X3 405e (24%)
Intel Core i7-4770T (100%)

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 II X3 405e AMD Athlon II X3 405e
3C 3T @ 2.30 GHz
287 (33%)
Intel Core i7-4770T Intel Core i7-4770T
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
873 (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 II X3 405e AMD Athlon II X3 405e
3C 3T @ 2.30 GHz
776 (25%)
Intel Core i7-4770T Intel Core i7-4770T
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
3076 (100%)

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 II X3 405e AMD Athlon II X3 405e
3C 3T @ 2.30 GHz
1330 (23%)
Intel Core i7-4770T Intel Core i7-4770T
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
5874 (100%)

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 II X3 405e AMD Athlon II X3 405e
3C 3T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-4770T Intel Core i7-4770T
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
1055 (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 II X3 405e AMD Athlon II X3 405e
3C 3T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-4770T Intel Core i7-4770T
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
3497 (100%)

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 II X3 405e AMD Athlon II X3 405e
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-4770T Intel Core i7-4770T
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.20 GHz
384 (100%)

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 II X3 405e AMD Athlon II X3 405e
3C 3T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-4770T Intel Core i7-4770T
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
134 (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 II X3 405e AMD Athlon II X3 405e
3C 3T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-4770T Intel Core i7-4770T
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
613 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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