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.

AMD A6-9400

Intel Pentium Gold G5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-9400

CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 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	1551	1554
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