Intel Pentium Gold G6400 vs AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G6400 and AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G 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 G6400

AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G6400

Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 58 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2468 vs 2265

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	58 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2468 vs 2265

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7112 vs 4124

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Jul 2020 vs 30 Apr 2020
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache	384 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	7112 vs 4124

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold G6400
CPU 2: AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2468

2265

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4124

7112

Name	Intel Pentium Gold G6400	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G
PassMark - Single thread mark	2468	2265
PassMark - CPU mark	4124	7112

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Gold G6400	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G
Essentials
Architecture codename	Comet Lake	Zen+
Launch date	30 Apr 2020	21 Jul 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$64
Place in performance rating	937	1000
Processor Number	G6400
Series	Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
OPN Tray		YD315BC5M4MFH
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	4.00 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s
L1 cache	128 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	12 nm
Maximum core temperature	100°C	95 °C
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	4	4
Maximum frequency		3.9 GHz
Number of GPU cores		3
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	128 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2933
ECC memory support
Graphics
Device ID	0x9BA8
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
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	4096x2160@30Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
OpenGL	4.5
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1200	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	58 Watt	65 Watt
Thermal Solution	PCG 2015C
Configurable TDP		45-65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability	1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
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® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
AMD GuardMI technology
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)