AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Pentium Gold G5500T

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 3800X and Intel Pentium Gold G5500T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 8 vs 2
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G5500T

  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 105 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Gold G5500T

Name AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Intel Pentium Gold G5500T
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1283
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 9002
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6209
PassMark - Single thread mark 1954
PassMark - CPU mark 3304

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Intel Pentium Gold G5500T

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Coffee Lake
Family Ryzen 7
Launch date 7 July 2019 Q2'18
Launch price (MSRP) $399
OPN PIB 100-100000025BOX
OPN Tray 100-000000025
Place in performance rating 1208 1229
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Processor Number G5500T
Series Intel® Pentium® Gold Processor Series
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.9 GHz 3.20 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
L3 cache 32 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz
Number of cores 8 2
Number of threads 16 4
Unlocked
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum core temperature 88°C

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 3200 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2400
Maximum memory bandwidth 37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 35 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 25 W
Configurable TDP-down Frequency 2.20 GHz
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2015A (35W)

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24 16
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations x16 Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
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

Device ID 0x3E91
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 630

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