AMD Athlon X4 850 vs Intel Pentium Gold G5400

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 850 and Intel Pentium Gold G5400 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 850

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
L1 cache 256K vs 64 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G5400

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 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
  • 131072x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 58 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 78% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2191 vs 1231
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3739 vs 2657
Specifications (specs)
Launch date January 2018 vs Jul 2015
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) vs 4MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 58 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2191 vs 1231
PassMark - CPU mark 3739 vs 2657

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 850
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Gold G5400

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1231
2191
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2657
3739
Name AMD Athlon X4 850 Intel Pentium Gold G5400
PassMark - Single thread mark 1231 2191
PassMark - CPU mark 2657 3739
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 912
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2007
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.695
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 42.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.337
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.324
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1809
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3401
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1809
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3401

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X4 850 Intel Pentium Gold G5400

Essentials

Architecture codename Godaveri Coffee Lake
Launch date Jul 2015 January 2018
Place in performance rating 1986 1972
Price now $127.90
Processor Number G5400
Series Intel® Pentium® Gold Processor Series
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 12.06
Vertical segment Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 3.2 GHz 3.70 GHz
Die size 245 mm²
L1 cache 256K 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 90°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4 4
Transistor count 2,411 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR3-2133 MHz, Dual-channel DDR4-2400
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FM2+ FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 58 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2015C (65W)

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 16 Lanes, (CPU only) Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 1S Only

Graphics

Device ID 0x3E90/x93
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.05 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 610

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

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
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)