Intel Pentium Gold G5420T vs AMD Athlon X4 750

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G5420T and AMD Athlon X4 750 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G5420T

  • Around 23% higher maximum core temperature: 88 °C vs 71.30°C
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1956 vs 1497
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3452 vs 2625
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 88 °C vs 71.30°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1956 vs 1497
PassMark - CPU mark 3452 vs 2625

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 750

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 4 vs 2
L1 cache 192 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 512 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold G5420T
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X4 750

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1956
1497
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3452
2625
Name Intel Pentium Gold G5420T AMD Athlon X4 750
PassMark - Single thread mark 1956 1497
PassMark - CPU mark 3452 2625
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2140
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4978

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium Gold G5420T AMD Athlon X4 750

Essentials

Architecture codename Coffee Lake
Launch date 23 Apr 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $64
Place in performance rating 1221 1215
Processor Number G5420T
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD Athlon Processors
OPN PIB AD750KWOHJBOX
OPN Tray AD750XOKA44HL
Series AMD Athlon X4

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 4 MB
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 88 °C 71.30°C
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 4
Maximum frequency 4 GHz
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 DDR3
Supported memory frequency 1866 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

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3

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 FM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 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
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
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)