AMD Athlon 3000G
VS
Intel Core i7-4790
AMD Athlon 3000G
VS
Intel Core i7-4790

Which to select

What to choose and what is the difference between AMD Athlon 3000G and Intel Core i7-4790? Which processor is more powerful and faster to accomplish your task? The processor with the best specifications and a winner in benchmarks is your choice!

CPU generation and family

Processor nomenclature, family, group and segment.

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

What to choose AMD Athlon 3000G or Intel Core i7-4790? The greater the value of the characteristic (highlighted in green), the better.

3.50 GHz
Frequency
3.60 GHz
2
CPU Cores
4
3.50 GHz
Turbo (1 Core)
4.00 GHz
4
CPU Threads
8
3.50 GHz
Turbo (2 Cores)
no data
Yes
Hyperthreading
Yes
Yes
Overclocking
No
Turbo (4 Cores)
3.80 GHz

Internal Graphics

The graphics chip allows the processor to perform complex calculation and display tasks. The more memory and the higher the clock frequency, the better. Determine the winner, who has the better chip? AMD Athlon 3000G or Intel Core i7-4790. 

AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
GPU name
Intel HD Graphics 4600
1.00 GHz
GPU frequency
0.35 GHz
No turbo
GPU (Turbo)
1.20 GHz
8
Generation
7.5
12
DirectX Version
11.1
3
Execution units
20
192
Shader
160
2 GB
Max. Memory
2 GB
3
Max. displays
3
14 nm
Technology
22 nm
Q1/2018
Release date
Q2/2013

Hardware codec support

Technical information that will be of interest to specialists and does not affect the performance of the processor. It can be skipped in the comparison.

Decode / Encode
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
JPEG
Decode
Decode / Encode
h265 8bit
No
Decode / Encode
h265 10bit
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
No
Decode / Encode
VP9
No
Decode
VC-1
Decode
Decode / Encode
AVC
Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The interfaces and standards of RAM that the processor supports. The more modern the standard and the larger the memory capacity, the better.

DDR4-2666
Memory type
DDR3-1600
64 GB
Max. Memory
32 GB
2
Memory channels
2
Yes
ECC
No
3.0
PCIe version
3.0
16
PCIe lanes
16

Memory & PCIe

Encryption

Data encryption standards supported by CPUs

Yes
AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

TDP is the maximum amount of heat generated by the processor. It is used when selecting a cooling system. The higher the TDP, the more heat the cooling system will have to dissipate.

35 W
TDP
84 W
--
Tjunction max.
--
--
TDP up
--
--
TDP down
--

Technical details

These are key parameters that will help you determine which CPU is better. Pay special attention to the release date, technological aspects of the manufacturing process (measured in nanometers), and the third-level cache (L3).

4.00 MB
L3-Cache
8.00 MB
12 nm
Technology
22 nm
Picasso (Zen+)
Architecture
Haswell Refresh
AMD-V
Virtualization
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
AM4
Socket
LGA 1150
Q4/2019
Release date
Q2/2014
ca. 49 $
Market price
ca. 280 $

Devices using this processor

Devices that can use this type of processor, desktop or laptop.

Unknown
Used in
Unknown

User rating

0.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score AMD Athlon 3000G
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score Intel Core i7-4790