Intel Pentium G3440T vs AMD A6-6420B

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium G3440T and AMD A6-6420B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Pentium G3440T

AMD A6-6420B

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G3440T

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 32 nm SOI
Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2107 vs 1550

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 32 nm SOI
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	2107 vs 1550

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-6420B

Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 70°C vs 66.4°C
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1629 vs 1615

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	70°C vs 66.4°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1629 vs 1615

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium G3440T
CPU 2: AMD A6-6420B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1615

1629

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2107

1550

Name	Intel Pentium G3440T	AMD A6-6420B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1615	1629
PassMark - CPU mark	2107	1550

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium G3440T	AMD A6-6420B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell
Launch date	Q2'14
Place in performance rating	1516	1520
Processor Number	G3440T
Series	Intel® Pentium® Processor G Series	AMD Business Class - Dual-Core A6-Series APU for Desktops
Status	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD642BOKA23HL
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.80 GHz	4 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI2
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	32 nm SOI
Maximum core temperature	66.4°C	70°C
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
L1 cache		96 KB
L2 cache		1 MB
Maximum frequency		4.2 GHz
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V
Supported memory frequency		1866 MHz
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	200 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	1.10 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory	1.7 GB
Processor graphics	Intel HD Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 8470D
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		800 MHz
iGPU core count		192
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
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
Graphics API support
DirectX	11.1/12	11
OpenGL	4.3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1150	FM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt
Thermal Solution	PCG 2013A
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	Up to 3.0
PCIe configurations	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability	1S Only
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
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
PowerGating
PowerNow
RAID
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0