Pentium Dual T4500 vs Athlon II X4 631

Place in the ranking	2261	2585
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Pentium Dual Core
Power efficiency	1.27	2.27
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date	17 August 2011 (13 years ago)	1 January 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II X4 631 and Pentium Dual Core T4500 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus rate	no data	800 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	228 mm²	107 mm²
Number of transistors	1,178 million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 631 and Pentium Dual Core T4500 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	FM1	P
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 631 and Pentium Dual Core T4500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X4 631 and Pentium Dual Core T4500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 631 and Pentium Dual Core T4500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Athlon II X4 631 1.34
+59.5%

Pentium Dual T4500 0.84

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Athlon II X4 631 2122
+58.8%

Pentium Dual T4500 1336

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.34	0.84
Recency	17 August 2011	1 January 2010
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	35 Watt

Athlon II X4 631 has a 59.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Dual T4500, on the other hand, has 185.7% lower power consumption.

The Athlon II X4 631 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T4500 in performance tests.

Note that Athlon II X4 631 is a desktop processor while Pentium Dual Core T4500 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II X4 631 and Pentium Dual Core T4500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.