AMD Phenom II X4 965 vs Intel Pentium G4500

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AMD Phenom II X4 965 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium G4500
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Intel Pentium G4500

CPU comparison

AMD Phenom II X4 965 or Intel Pentium G4500 - 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 Phenom II X4 965 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Phenom II X4 965 was released in Q3/2009.

The Intel Pentium G4500 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium G4500 was released in Q3/2015.
AMD Phenom II (52) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD Phenom II - 800/900 (23) CPU group Intel Pentium G4000 (5)
4 Generation 6
Deneb (K10) Architecture Skylake S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Pentium Gold G5500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Phenom II X4 965 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Phenom II X4 965 is 3.40 GHz while the Intel Pentium G4500 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium G4500 is at 3.50 GHz.

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Characteristic Intel Pentium G4500
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? No
3.40 GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- 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 Phenom II X4 965 Characteristic Intel Pentium G4500
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD Phenom II X4 965 or Intel Pentium G4500 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 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

The AMD Phenom II X4 965 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 21.3 GB/s. The Intel Pentium G4500 supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 34.1 GB/s.

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Characteristic Intel Pentium G4500
DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066 Memory DDR4-2133
Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
6.00 MB L3 Cache 3.00 MB
-- 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 Phenom II X4 965 is 140 W, while the Intel Pentium G4500 has a TDP of 51 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Characteristic Intel Pentium G4500
140 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 51 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Phenom II X4 965 is manufactured in 45 nm and has 6.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium G4500 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Characteristic Intel Pentium G4500
45 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE3, SSE4a ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
AM3 Socket LGA 1151
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 Q3/2015
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 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 Phenom II X4 965 AMD Phenom II X4 965
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
441 (50%)
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 Phenom II X4 965 AMD Phenom II X4 965
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1486 (88%)
Intel Pentium G4500 Intel Pentium G4500
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
1684 (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 Phenom II X4 965 AMD Phenom II X4 965
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
4236 (100%)
Intel Pentium G4500 Intel Pentium G4500
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
2766 (65%)

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 Phenom II X4 965 AMD Phenom II X4 965
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
89 (60%)
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 Phenom II X4 965 AMD Phenom II X4 965
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
344 (100%)
Intel Pentium G4500 Intel Pentium G4500
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
266 (77%)

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 Phenom II X4 965 AMD Phenom II X4 965
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
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 Phenom II X4 965 AMD Phenom II X4 965
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G4500 Intel Pentium G4500
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
1290 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Phenom II X4 965 AMD Phenom II X4 965
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
190 (100%)
Intel Pentium G4500 Intel Pentium G4500
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Phenom II X4 965 AMD Phenom II X4 965
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
706 (100%)
Intel Pentium G4500 Intel Pentium G4500
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Phenom II X4 965 AMD Phenom II X4 965
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G4500 Intel Pentium G4500
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.05 GHz
403 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Phenom II X4 965 AMD Phenom II X4 965
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
636 (100%)
Intel Pentium G4500 Intel Pentium G4500
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Intel Pentium G4500
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