Pentium 3825U vs Athlon 64 X2 4400+
Aggregate performance score
Pentium 3825U outperforms Athlon 64 X2 4400+ by a whopping 108% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3260 | 2840 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.06 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | 2x Athlon 64 (Desktop) | Intel Pentium |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Windsor (2006−2007) | Broadwell-U (2015) |
| Release date | no data | 1 March 2015 (10 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $161 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4400+ and Pentium 3825U 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.9 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 1.9 GHz |
| Bus rate | 1000 MHz | 5 GT/s |
| L1 cache | 256K | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K | 256K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 2 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 220 mm2 | 82 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 233 million | 1300 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4400+ and Pentium 3825U 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 | 939 | FCBGA1168 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 MB | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4400+ and Pentium 3825U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | + |
| Smart Response | no data | - |
| FDI | no data | + |
| Fast Memory Access | no data | + |
Security technologies
Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4400+ and Pentium 3825U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| OS Guard | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4400+ and Pentium 3825U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4400+ and Pentium 3825U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 16 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 25.6 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | Intel HD Graphics for 5th Generation Intel Processors |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 850 MHz |
| InTru 3D | no data | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4400+ and Pentium 3825U integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4400+ and Pentium 3825U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | 11.2/12 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 X2 (Desktop) 4400+ and Pentium 3825U.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 12 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.38 | 0.79 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 Watt | 15 Watt |
Athlon 64 X2 4400+ has 650% lower power consumption.
Pentium 3825U, on the other hand, has a 107.9% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Pentium 3825U is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ in performance tests.
Note that Athlon 64 X2 4400+ is a desktop processor while Pentium 3825U is a notebook one.
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