AMD Athlon 320GE vs Intel Core i7-3630QM

Processor comparisons 23-03-2021

   If you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a choice by looking at the AMD Athlon 320GE vs Intel Core i7-3630QM tests and see which is better for games or normal use for rendering, video editing, programming, machine learning, streaming. Here you can find all information from many benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A thorough analysis of all the technical characteristics, so that it can be easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in synthetic type tests like Prime95, WPrime, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), DaVinci Resolve Studio, AIDA64, UserBenchmark, Handbrake, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, RealBench, Blender, SuperPi, PassMark, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Gears 5, VeraCrypt, 7zip, Blender, Furmark, 3DMark, PCMark 10, MATLAB, Dolphin Emulator.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

Valorant
Rainbow Six Siege
Death Stranding
Overwatch
Last Man Standing
Fortnite
DOOM: Eternal
Borderlands 3
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Apex Legends
Red Dead Redemption 2
Grand Theft Auto V
Cyberpunk 2077
Fallout 76
Halo Infinite
Valheim
Watch Dogs Legion

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which processor is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i7-3630QM or AMD Athlon 320GE.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Athlon 320GE

51%

Core i7-3630QM

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon 320GE

51%

Core i7-3630QM

51%

For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a low game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Hitman 3, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Monster Hunter World, Forza Horizon 4, Half-Life: Alyx, Microsoft Flight Simulator, NBA 2K20, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), DOTA 2A, League of Legends (LOL), Metro Exodus, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Battlefield V, Control, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Ghostrunner, Horizon Zero Dawn.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.3	91.1
Valorant	102.6	103.5
Cyberpunk 2077	57.5	58.0
Apex Legends	96.5	97.3
Call of Duty Warzone	77.0	77.6
Overwatch	83.1	83.9
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.8	71.4
DOOM Eternal	51.3	51.8
Warzone	80.1	80.8
Assassin's Creed	86.2	87.0
Valheim	85.2	85.9

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers that were in the comparisons not only did they have different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K or FullHD. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon 320GE

93%

Core i7-3630QM

57%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Athlon 320GE is more energy efficient than the Core i7-3630QM as it consumes less power: 35W vs. 45W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. It is necessary to count so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

For example you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, programming, video editing or video rendering, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum efficiency, the CPU uses all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the program you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that can use only one core to work, and all the benefit of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Athlon 320GE	Intel Core i7-3630QM
Cinbench 15 Single-core	93	120
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	490	590
Cinbench 20 Single-core	234	245
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1068	1230
Cinbench 23 Single-core	603	722
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2903	3469

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Athlon 320GE	Intel Core i7-3630QM
Single-Core	2181	1699
Multi-Core	5116	5080

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Athlon 320GE	Intel Core i7-3630QM
Single-Core	980	780
Multi-Core	2274	3044

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. The economy are obvious! It turns out that there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Athlon 320GE	Intel Core i7-3630QM
Announcement date	July 07, 2019	January 01, 2012
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Socket	AM4	rPGA988B
Core name	Picasso	Ivy Bridge
Architecture	Zen+	x86
Generation	2	3
Turbo Frequency		3.4 MHz
Frequency	3.5 MHz	2.4 MHz
Cores	2	4
Threads	4	8
Bus rate		5 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Transistors count	2200 millions	2460 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	35 W	45 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR3/L/-RS 1333/1600
Max. Memory		32 Gb
Memory Frequency	2667
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
L1 cache	192KB
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	4MB	6 MB
Overclocking	Yes	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YD32GEC6M2OFH YD32GEC6FHBOX

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon 320GE is 31% better than Core i7-3630QM in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i7-3630QM has 2 more core than Athlon 320GE. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon 320GE is better: 10
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i7-3630QM is better: 27
Although it should be understood that all the number in the table above do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple comparison of these figures. Be sure to watch the testing video and read the opinion of real owners of AMD Athlon 320GE and Intel Core i7-3630QM before making a selection which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Athlon 320GE - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Athlon 320GE specs and review.

• Intel Core i7-3630QM specs and review.