AMD PRO A6-8570E vs Intel Pentium G3250

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A6-8570E and Intel Pentium G3250 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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).

AMD PRO A6-8570E

Intel Pentium G3250

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-8570E

Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 51% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 53 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
L2 cache	1 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 53 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G3250

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1805 vs 1337
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1991 vs 1653

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1805 vs 1337
PassMark - CPU mark	1991 vs 1653

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A6-8570E
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G3250

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1337

1805

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1653

1991

Name	AMD PRO A6-8570E	Intel Pentium G3250
PassMark - Single thread mark	1337	1805
PassMark - CPU mark	1653	1991
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		654
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1182
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		5.545
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		670
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1406
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2831
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		670
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1406
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2831

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A6-8570E	Intel Pentium G3250
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray	AD857BAHM23AB
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1896	1903
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops	Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Haswell
Launch date		July 2014
Launch price (MSRP)		$171
Price now		$109.99
Processor Number		G3250
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		8.71
Performance
Base frequency	3 GHz	3.20 GHz
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI2
Die size		177 mm
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L3 cache		3072 KB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Maximum core temperature		72°C
Number of threads		2
Transistor count		1400 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		21.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3-1333, DDR3L-1333 @ 1.5V
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	1.1 GHz
Processor graphics	R5	Intel HD Graphics
Switchable graphics
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		1.7 GB
Graphics API support
DirectX	12	11.1/12
Vulkan
OpenGL		4.3
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	53 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution		PCG 2013C
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	Up to 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCIe configurations		Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability		1S Only
Advanced Technologies
FreeSync
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
DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
VGA
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort		2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		1920x1080@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA		1920x1200@60Hz
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)