Intel Pentium Gold G5420T vs AMD Athlon 220GE

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G5420T and AMD Athlon 220GE 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 Gold G5420T

AMD Athlon 220GE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 220GE

Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 88 °C
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 28% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4429 vs 3452

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 88 °C
L1 cache	192 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1961 vs 1956
PassMark - CPU mark	4429 vs 3452

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold G5420T
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 220GE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1956

1961

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3452

4429

Name	Intel Pentium Gold G5420T	AMD Athlon 220GE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1956	1961
PassMark - CPU mark	3452	4429

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Gold G5420T	AMD Athlon 220GE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake
Launch date	23 Apr 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$64
Place in performance rating	1228	1206
Processor Number	G5420T
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD Athlon Processors
OPN Tray		YD220GC6M2OFB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD Athlon Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Performance
Base frequency	3.20 GHz	3.4 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	88 °C	95°C
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	4	4
Compute Cores		5
Number of GPU cores		3
Unlocked
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400
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
Configurable TDP-down	25 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency	2.10 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	FCLGA1151	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 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
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)