Pentium Dual T4500 vs Phenom II X3 N830

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Aggregate performance score

Phenom II X3 N830
2010
3 cores / 3 threads, 35 Watt
0.70
Pentium Dual Core T4500
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.84
+20%

Pentium Dual Core T4500 outperforms Phenom II X3 N830 by a significant 20% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Phenom II X3 N830 and Pentium Dual Core T4500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27212584
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series3x AMD Phenom IIIntel Pentium Dual Core
Power efficiency1.892.27
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)1 January 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X3 N830 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 cores3 (Tri-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads32
Base clock speedno data2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz800 MHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache1.5 MB1 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data107 mm2
Number of transistorsno data410 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 N830 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1P
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Pentium Dual Core T4500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-Vno data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Pentium Dual Core T4500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 N830 and Pentium Dual Core T4500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

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.

Phenom II X3 N830 0.70
Pentium Dual T4500 0.84
+20%

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.

Phenom II X3 N830 1107
Pentium Dual T4500 1336
+20.7%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Phenom II X3 N830 1817
Pentium Dual T4500 2331
+28.3%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Phenom II X3 N830 4954
+14.2%
Pentium Dual T4500 4337

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Phenom II X3 N830 2412
+27.1%
Pentium Dual T4500 1898

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Phenom II X3 N830 24.7
+44.5%
Pentium Dual T4500 35.7

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Phenom II X3 N830 2
+42.4%
Pentium Dual T4500 1

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.70 0.84
Recency 12 May 2010 1 January 2010
Physical cores 3 2
Threads 3 2

Phenom II X3 N830 has an age advantage of 4 months, and 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

Pentium Dual T4500, on the other hand, has a 20% higher aggregate performance score.

The Pentium Dual Core T4500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X3 N830 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X3 N830 and Pentium Dual Core T4500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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