Intel Pentium Gold G5420 vs AMD A6-9225

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G5420 and AMD A6-9225 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, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

Intel Pentium Gold G5420

AMD A6-9225

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G5420

Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 90°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2212 vs 1161
2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3720 vs 1338

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	100 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2212 vs 1161
PassMark - CPU mark	3720 vs 1338

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-9225

2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
3.6x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 54 Watt

L2 cache	1 MB vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 54 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold G5420
CPU 2: AMD A6-9225

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2212

1161

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3720

1338

Name	Intel Pentium Gold G5420	AMD A6-9225
PassMark - Single thread mark	2212	1161
PassMark - CPU mark	3720	1338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		754
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1522
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1522
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		4199
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		4199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		1.391

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Gold G5420	AMD A6-9225
Essentials
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake
Family	Pentium Gold	AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date	23 April 2019	Q2 2018
Launch price (MSRP)	$64
Place in performance rating	1174	1660
Processor Number	G5420
Series	5000	AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops
Vertical segment	Desktop	Laptop
OPN Tray		AM9225AYN23AC
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.80 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3
L1 cache	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	90°C
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	4
Unlocked
Compute Cores		5
Maximum frequency		2.6 GHz
Number of GPU cores		3
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3L-1600, DDR4-2400
Supported memory frequency		2133 MHz
Graphics
Device ID	0x3E90/x93
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 610	AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		686 MHz
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported	3
DisplayPort
HDMI
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	12
OpenGL	4.5
Vulkan
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	54 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP		10-15 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	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)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
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
Adaptive Voltage and Frequency Scaling (AVFS)
AMD App Acceleration
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
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™)