AMD PRO A6-9500E vs Intel Pentium G3450

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A6-9500E and Intel Pentium G3450 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics image quality, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD PRO A6-9500E

Intel Pentium G3450

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-9500E

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 25% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 72°C
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
Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 9.607 vs 8.233
Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 258.694 vs 155.633
3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 18.808 vs 6.011
6.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 44.938 vs 6.856

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 October 2016 vs May 2014
Maximum core temperature	90°C vs 72°C
L2 cache	1 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 53 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.607 vs 8.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	258.694 vs 155.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.808 vs 6.011
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	44.938 vs 6.856

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G3450

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1897 vs 1493
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2178 vs 1662

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1897 vs 1493
PassMark - CPU mark	2178 vs 1662

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A6-9500E
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G3450

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1493

1897

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1662

2178

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

CPU 1

CPU 2

9.607

8.233

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

CPU 1

CPU 2

258.694

155.633

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

CPU 1

CPU 2

18.808

6.011

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

CPU 1

CPU 2

44.938

6.856

Name	AMD PRO A6-9500E	Intel Pentium G3450
PassMark - Single thread mark	1493	1897
PassMark - CPU mark	1662	2178
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.607	8.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	258.694	155.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.808	6.011
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	44.938	6.856
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	958
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1181
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3550
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	958
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1181
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3550
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3341
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		5503

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A6-9500E	Intel Pentium G3450
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	3 October 2016	May 2014
OPN Tray	AD950BAHM23AB
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1376	1379
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops	Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Haswell
Launch price (MSRP)		$175
Price now		$99.99
Processor Number		G3450
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		10.91
Performance
Base frequency	3 GHz	3.40 GHz
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C	72°C
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3.4 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
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		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz	1.1 GHz
Processor graphics	R5	Intel HD Graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		1.7 GB
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
DVI
eDP
Number of displays supported		3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
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
AMD Secure technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
System Image Stability
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™)
IOMMU 2.0
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
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)