Intel Pentium G5600E vs AMD Athlon II X3 420e

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium G5600E and AMD Athlon II X3 420e 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Pentium G5600E

AMD Athlon II X3 420e

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G5600E

Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.10 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.10 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 420e

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	3 vs 2
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium G5600E
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 420e

Name	Intel Pentium G5600E	AMD Athlon II X3 420e
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1147
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1147
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	659
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1531
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1531
PassMark - Single thread mark		1058
PassMark - CPU mark		1557

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium G5600E	AMD Athlon II X3 420e
Essentials
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake	Rana
Launch date	Q2'19	September 2010
Place in performance rating	2213	2209
Processor Number	G5600E
Series	Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$116
Price now		$116.15
Value for money (0-100)		5.80
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.60 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.10 GHz	2.6 GHz
Number of cores	2	3
Number of threads	2
Die size		169 mm
Transistor count		300 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR3
Graphics
Device ID	0x3E91
Graphics base frequency	350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	1.10 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
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FCBGA1440	AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability	1S Only
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
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)