Intel Pentium Gold G5600T vs AMD PRO A6-8550B

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G5600T and AMD PRO A6-8550B 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G5600T

  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 23% higher maximum core temperature: 88°C vs 71.30°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2025 vs 1631
  • Around 91% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3601 vs 1882
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature 88°C vs 71.30°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2025 vs 1631
PassMark - CPU mark 3601 vs 1882

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold G5600T
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-8550B

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2025
1631
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3601
1882
Name Intel Pentium Gold G5600T AMD PRO A6-8550B
PassMark - Single thread mark 2025 1631
PassMark - CPU mark 3601 1882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.546
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 223.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.884
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 47.872

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium Gold G5600T AMD PRO A6-8550B

Essentials

Architecture codename Coffee Lake
Launch date Q2'19
Place in performance rating 1271 1283
Processor Number G5600T
Series Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops
Status Launched
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AD855BYBI23JC
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.30 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 88°C 71.30°C
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 4 2
Compute Cores 6
L2 cache 1 MB
Maximum frequency 4 GHz
Number of GPU cores 4
Unlocked

Memory

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 2133 MHz

Graphics

Device ID 0x3E91
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 630 AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency 800 MHz
iGPU core count 256
Switchable graphics
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

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Compatibility

Configurable TDP-down 25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1151 FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2015A (35W)
Configurable TDP 45 Watt/65 Watt

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® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
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