AMD A6-9400 vs Intel Pentium Gold G5500

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-9400 and Intel Pentium Gold G5500 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Peripherals, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-9400

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 97268% higher clock speed: 3700 MHz vs 3.8 GHz
  • Around 25% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Launch date 2019 vs January 2018
Maximum frequency 3700 MHz vs 3.8 GHz
L1 cache 160 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB vs 256 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G5500

  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 90 °C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 54 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2247 vs 1664
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3823 vs 2717
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 90 °C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 54 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2247 vs 1664
PassMark - CPU mark 3823 vs 2717

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-9400
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Gold G5500

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1664
2247
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2717
3823
Name AMD A6-9400 Intel Pentium Gold G5500
PassMark - Single thread mark 1664 2247
PassMark - CPU mark 2717 3823
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 950
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2100

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A6-9400 Intel Pentium Gold G5500

Essentials

Architecture codename Bristol Ridge Coffee Lake
Launch date 2019 January 2018
OPN Tray AD9400AGM23AB
Place in performance rating 1552 1555
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Price now $100.32
Processor Number G5500
Series Intel® Pentium® Gold Processor Series
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 15.37

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3400 MHz 3.80 GHz
L1 cache 160 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 90 °C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3700 MHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2 4
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory size 64 GB 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-1600, DDR4-2400 DDR4-2400
Maximum memory bandwidth 37.5 GB/s

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 800 MHz
Processor graphics Radeon R5 Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Device ID 0x3E91
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 54 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2015C (65W)

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
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

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

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Peripherals

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

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot