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.

AMD A8-7500

Intel Pentium Gold G5600

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 62% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2280 vs 1410
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3840 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	2280 vs 1410
PassMark - CPU mark	3840 vs 3422

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1410

2280

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3422

3840

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	2280
PassMark - CPU mark	3422	3840
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	1532	1523
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