AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF vs Intel Pentium G3440

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF and Intel Pentium G3440 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • 10 more threads: 12 vs 2
  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 22 nm
  • 5.3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 32 GB
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Number of threads 12 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 22 nm
L3 cache 16 MB vs 3072 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 32 GB

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G3440

  • Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 53 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 53 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G3440

Name AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF Intel Pentium G3440
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 3319
PassMark - Single thread mark 1917
PassMark - CPU mark 2202
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 707
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 147.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.19
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.449

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF Intel Pentium G3440

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Haswell
Launch date Q1'2020 May 2014
OPN Tray YD1600BBAFBOX
Place in performance rating 2029 2034
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $95
Price now $159.94
Processor Number G3440
Series Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 6.08

Performance

Base frequency 3.2 GHz 3.30 GHz
L3 cache 16 MB 3072 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 22 nm
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz 3.3 GHz
Number of cores 6 2
Number of threads 12 2
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Die size 177 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Maximum core temperature 72°C
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 39.74 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2667 DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
ECC memory support

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 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

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 16
PCI Express revision Up to 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 1.7 GB
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

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

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.1/12
OpenGL 4.3

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
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)