Intel Pentium Gold G5420 vs AMD Athlon 200GE

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G5420 and AMD Athlon 200GE 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Pentium Gold G5420

AMD Athlon 200GE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G5420

CPU is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 95°C
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2252 vs 1799

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 April 2019 vs June 2018
Maximum core temperature	100 °C vs 95°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2252 vs 1799

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 200GE

Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 54 Watt
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4114 vs 3752

Specifications (specs)
L1 cache	192 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 54 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	4114 vs 3752

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold G5420
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 200GE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2252

1799

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3752

4114

Name	Intel Pentium Gold G5420	AMD Athlon 200GE
PassMark - Single thread mark	2252	1799
PassMark - CPU mark	3752	4114
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		740
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1735
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1303
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		6495
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1303
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		6495

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Gold G5420	AMD Athlon 200GE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake	Zen
Family	Pentium Gold	AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date	23 April 2019	June 2018
Launch price (MSRP)	$64
Place in performance rating	1157	1172
Processor Number	G5420
Series	5000	AMD Athlon Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
OPN Tray		YD200GC6M2OFB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.80 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3
L1 cache	128 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	95°C
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	4	4
Unlocked
Compute Cores		5
Die size		192 mm
Maximum frequency		3.2 GHz
Number of GPU cores		3
Transistor count		4800 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3L-1600, DDR4-2400	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2667 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	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
Graphics max frequency		1000 MHz
iGPU core count		3
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
OpenGL	4.5
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FCLGA1151	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	54 Watt	35 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
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
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™)