Intel Celeron G4920 vs AMD Athlon II X4 638

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Combined performance score

Athlon II X4 638
1.46

Celeron G4920 outperforms Athlon II X4 638 by 12% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Athlon II X4 638 and Celeron G4920 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking20421950
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money2.055.24
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date6 February 2012 (12 years old)3 April 2018 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$52
Current price$27 $68 (1.3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Celeron G4920 has 156% better value for money than Athlon II X4 638.

Technical specs

Athlon II X4 638 and Celeron G4920 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus supportno data4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size228 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 638 and Celeron G4920 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 configuration11
SocketFM1FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 638 and Celeron G4920. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NIno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
TSXno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
SIPPno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Athlon II X4 638 and Celeron G4920 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPXno data+
Identity Protectionno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X4 638 and Celeron G4920 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 638 and Celeron G4920. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data37.5 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Videono data+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon II X4 638 and Celeron G4920 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon II X4 638 and Celeron G4920 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon II X4 638 and Celeron G4920 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X4 638 and Celeron G4920.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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 638 1.46
Celeron G4920 1.63
+11.6%

Celeron G4920 outperforms Athlon II X4 638 by 12% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Athlon II X4 638 2250
Celeron G4920 2500
+11.1%

Celeron G4920 outperforms Athlon II X4 638 by 11% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.46 1.63
Recency 6 February 2012 3 April 2018
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 54 Watt

The Celeron G4920 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II X4 638 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II X4 638 and Celeron G4920, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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