AMD A8-7500 vs Intel Pentium Gold G5600

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-7500 and Intel Pentium Gold G5600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-7500

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 4 vs 2
L1 cache 256 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G5600

  • 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 61% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2276 vs 1410
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3825 vs 3422
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 54 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2276 vs 1410
PassMark - CPU mark 3825 vs 3422

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-7500
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Gold G5600

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1410
2276
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3422
3825
Name AMD A8-7500 Intel Pentium Gold G5600
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 979
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1310
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1310
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3588
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3588
PassMark - Single thread mark 1410 2276
PassMark - CPU mark 3422 3825
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 967
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2161

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A8-7500 Intel Pentium Gold G5600

Essentials

Architecture codename Kaveri Coffee Lake
Family AMD A8-Series
Place in performance rating 1535 1526
Processor Number A8-7500 G5600
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch date January 2018
Price now $114.74
Series Intel® Pentium® Gold Processor Series
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 14.65

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3000 MHz 3.90 GHz
Die size 245 mm2
L1 cache 256 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4 4
Transistor count 2.41 billion
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Maximum core temperature 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR4-2400
Maximum memory bandwidth 37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB

Graphics

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
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
Processor graphics Intel® UHD Graphics 630

Compatibility

Sockets supported FM2+ 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)

Peripherals

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

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
TrueAudio
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

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