AMD A6-7480 vs Intel Pentium G3420T

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-7480 and Intel Pentium G3420T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-7480

  • Around 140641% higher clock speed: 3800 MHz vs 2.7 GHz
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Maximum frequency 3800 MHz vs 2.7 GHz
L2 cache 1 MB vs 256 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G3420T

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1570 vs 1558
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1912 vs 1836
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1570 vs 1558
PassMark - CPU mark 1912 vs 1836

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-7480
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G3420T

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1558
1570
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1836
1912
Name AMD A6-7480 Intel Pentium G3420T
PassMark - Single thread mark 1558 1570
PassMark - CPU mark 1836 1912

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A6-7480 Intel Pentium G3420T

Essentials

Architecture codename Excavator Haswell
Place in performance rating 1666 1663
Processor Number A6-7480 G3420T
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch date September 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $75
Price now $105.25
Series Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 8.42

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3500 MHz 2.70 GHz
L2 cache 1 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 22 nm
Maximum frequency 3800 MHz 2.7 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2 2
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Die size 177 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L3 cache 3072 KB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Maximum core temperature 66.4°C
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600 DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 900 MHz 200 MHz
Processor graphics Radeon R5 Graphics Intel HD Graphics
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 1.7 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FM2+ FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2013A

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 Up to 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
VGA

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 1920x1080@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA 1920x1200@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.1/12
OpenGL 4.3

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)