Intel Pentium Gold G5600 vs AMD Athlon II X2 265

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G5600 and AMD Athlon II X2 265 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 G5600

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 54 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 71% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2280 vs 1336
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3840 vs 1267
Specifications (specs)
Launch date January 2018 vs September 2010
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz vs 3.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 54 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2280 vs 1336
PassMark - CPU mark 3840 vs 1267

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 265

  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 99% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1925 vs 967
  • Around 48% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 3207 vs 2161
Specifications (specs)
L2 cache 1024 KB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1925 vs 967
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3207 vs 2161

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold G5600
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X2 265

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2280
1336
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3840
1267
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
967
1925
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
2161
3207
Name Intel Pentium Gold G5600 AMD Athlon II X2 265
PassMark - Single thread mark 2280 1336
PassMark - CPU mark 3840 1267
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 967 1925
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2161 3207

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium Gold G5600 AMD Athlon II X2 265

Essentials

Architecture codename Coffee Lake Regor
Launch date January 2018 September 2010
Place in performance rating 1523 1531
Price now $114.74 $82.88
Processor Number G5600
Series Intel® Pentium® Gold Processor Series
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 14.65 6.71
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $83

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.90 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) 1024 KB
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Maximum core temperature 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz 3.3 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 4
Die size 117 mm
Transistor count 410 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR2, DDR3

Graphics

Device ID 0x3E91
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 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 630

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

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1151 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 54 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2015C (65W)

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 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)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
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)