Intel Pentium 4405U vs AMD Athlon II X4 631

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Intel Pentium 4405U CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon II X4 631
Intel Pentium 4405U AMD Athlon II X4 631

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium 4405U or AMD Athlon II X4 631 - 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 Intel Pentium 4405U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.10 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium 4405U was released in Q3/2015.

The AMD Athlon II X4 631 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X4 631 was released in Q3/2011.
Intel Pentium (150) Family AMD Athlon II (52)
Intel Pentium 4000 (2) CPU group AMD Athlon II X4 (Llano) (5)
6 Generation 2
Skylake U Architecture Llano
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium 4405U is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.10 GHz. The AMD Athlon II X4 631 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz.

Intel Pentium 4405U Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 631
2 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.10 GHz Frequency 2.60 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.

Intel Pentium 4405U Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 631
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel HD Graphics 510 GPU no iGPU
0.30 GHz GPU frequency --
0.95 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
12 Compute units --
96 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12.0 DirectX Version --

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.

Intel HD Graphics 510 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium 4405U supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X4 631 can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Pentium 4405U Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 631
DDR4-2133 Memory DDR3-1333
32 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
34.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 4.00 MB
2.00 MB L3 Cache --
2.0 PCIe version 2.0
10 PCIe lanes --
5.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Pentium 4405U has a TDP of 15 W, that of the AMD Athlon II X4 631 is 100 W.

Intel Pentium 4405U Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 631
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 100 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Pentium 4405U has a 2.00 MB cache, while the AMD Athlon II X4 631 cache has a total of 4.00 MB.

Intel Pentium 4405U Characteristic AMD Athlon II X4 631
14 nm Technology 32 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a
BGA 1356 Socket FM1
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2015 Release date Q3/2011
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium 4405U (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 631 (74%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium 4405U (96%)
AMD Athlon II X4 631 (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.
Intel Pentium 4405U Intel Pentium 4405U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
492 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 631 AMD Athlon II X4 631
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
363 (74%)

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.
Intel Pentium 4405U Intel Pentium 4405U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
1236 (96%)
AMD Athlon II X4 631 AMD Athlon II X4 631
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1283 (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.
Intel Pentium 4405U Intel Pentium 4405U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
445 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 631 AMD Athlon II X4 631
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Pentium 4405U Intel Pentium 4405U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
972 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 631 AMD Athlon II X4 631
4C 4T @ 2.60 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.
Intel Pentium 4405U Intel Pentium 4405U
Intel HD Graphics 510 @ 0.95 GHz
182 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 631 AMD Athlon II X4 631
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Pentium 4405U Intel Pentium 4405U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
2100 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 631 AMD Athlon II X4 631
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Pentium 4405U Intel Pentium 4405U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
89 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 631 AMD Athlon II X4 631
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Pentium 4405U Intel Pentium 4405U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
227 (100%)
AMD Athlon II X4 631 AMD Athlon II X4 631
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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