AMD Phenom II X4 945 vs Intel Core i3-L13G4. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  AMD Phenom II Intel Core i3
• Generation
  4 12
• CPU group
  AMD Phenom II - 800/900 Intel Core i L

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.00 GHz 0.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 5
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.80 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 5
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 1x Sunny-Cove
• B core
  -- 4x Tremont

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (48 EU)
• GPU frequency
  0.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.50 GHz
• Execution units
  48
• Shader
  384
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 8 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  12
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  10 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2020

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-L13G4 and AMD Phenom II X4 945. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR2-1066 LPDDR4-4266
• Max. Memory
  8 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  6

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Phenom II X4 945 and Intel Core i3-L13G4 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 7 W
• TDP down
  -- 5 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Phenom II X4 945 and AMD Phenom II X4 945, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Deneb (K10) Lakefield
• Technology
  45 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  AM3 FC-CSP1016
• Release date
  Q2/2009 Q2/2020