Intel Pentium Gold G5420T vs AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G5420T and AMD Athlon PRO 300GE 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 PRO 300GE

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G5420T

Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1944 vs 1911

Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1944 vs 1911

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

CPU is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 88 °C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
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 26% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4308 vs 3408

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2019 vs 23 Apr 2019
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 88 °C
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache	192 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	4308 vs 3408

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold G5420T
CPU 2: AMD Athlon PRO 300GE

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1944

1911

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3408

4308

Name	Intel Pentium Gold G5420T	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1944	1911
PassMark - CPU mark	3408	4308

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Gold G5420T	AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake	Zen+
Launch date	23 Apr 2019	20 Sep 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$64
Place in performance rating	1328	1329
Processor Number	G5420T	PRO 300GE
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
OPN Tray		YD300BC6M2OFH
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	12 nm
Maximum core temperature	88 °C	95 °C
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	4	4
Number of GPU cores		3
Unlocked
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	37.5 GB/s	39.74 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2666
Supported memory frequency		2667 MHz
Graphics
Device ID	0x3E90/x93
Graphics base frequency	350 MHz	1100 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
iGPU core count		3
Number of pipelines		192
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	4.6
Vulkan
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	20
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4	1x16+1x4, 2x8+1x4
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 GuardMI technology
AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
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™)