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Athlon II X2 260 vs Core i3-4030U


Description
The 260 is based on K10 architecture while the i3-4030U is based on Haswell.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 260 gets a score of 27.5 k points while the i3-4030U gets 36.7 k points.

Summarizing, the i3-4030U is 1.3 times faster than the 260. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
100f63
40651
Core
Regor
Haswell
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
1.9 GHz
Socket
Socket AM3
BGA1168
Cores/Threads
2/2
2/4
TDP
65 W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x128 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
2x1024 kB
2x256 kB
Cache L3
kB
3072 kB
Date
May 2010
April 2014
Mean monothread perf.
17.05k points
21.57k points
Mean multithread perf.
27.54k points
46.09k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
260
i3-4030U
Test#1 (Integers)
6.04k
6.7k (x1.11)
Test#2 (FP)
6.2k
5.99k (x0.96)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.11k
2.65k (x0.85)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.7k
2.13k (x1.25)
TOTAL
17.05k
17.47k (x1.02)

Multithread

260

i3-4030U
Test#1 (Integers)
10.02k
14.3k (x1.43)
Test#2 (FP)
10.18k
13.83k (x1.36)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.1k
6.12k (x1.2)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.25k
2.48k (x1.11)
TOTAL
27.54k
36.74k (x1.33)

Performance/W
260
i3-4030U
Test#1 (Integers)
154 points/W
953 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
157 points/W
922 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
78 points/W
408 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
35 points/W
166 points/W
TOTAL
424 points/W
2449 points/W

Performance/GHz
260
i3-4030U
Test#1 (Integers)
1886 points/GHz
3525 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
1939 points/GHz
3150 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
971 points/GHz
1395 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
532 points/GHz
1122 points/GHz
TOTAL
5328 points/GHz
9193 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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