Intel Pentium Gold G5420 vs AMD PRO A12-9800E

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G5420 and AMD PRO A12-9800E 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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 PRO A12-9800E

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G5420

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
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 48% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2247 vs 1518
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3709 vs 3171

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 April 2019 vs 3 October 2016
Maximum core temperature	100 °C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2247 vs 1518
PassMark - CPU mark	3709 vs 3171

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-9800E

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4x 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

Number of cores	4 vs 2
L2 cache	2 MB vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 54 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold G5420
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-9800E

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2247

1518

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3709

3171

Name	Intel Pentium Gold G5420	AMD PRO A12-9800E
PassMark - Single thread mark	2247	1518
PassMark - CPU mark	3709	3171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		19.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		242.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.423
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		98.209
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		922
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3472
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		922
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3472

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Gold G5420	AMD PRO A12-9800E
Essentials
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake
Family	Pentium Gold	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	23 April 2019	3 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$64
Place in performance rating	1055	1056
Processor Number	G5420
Series	5000	AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
OPN Tray		AD980BAHM44AB
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	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	90°C
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	4
Unlocked
Maximum frequency		3.8 GHz
Number of GPU cores		8
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
Supported memory frequency		2400 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	R7
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		900 MHz
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	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
AMD Secure technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
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