Intel Pentium Gold G6400T vs AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G6400T and AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G6400T

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2100 vs 2074
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2100 vs 2074

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4633 vs 3538
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 4633 vs 3538

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
CPU 2: AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2100
2074
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3538
4633
Name Intel Pentium Gold G6400T AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE
PassMark - Single thread mark 2100 2074
PassMark - CPU mark 3538 4633

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium Gold G6400T AMD Athlon Silver PRO 3125GE

Essentials

Architecture codename Comet Lake Zen+
Launch date Q2'20 21 Jul 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $64
Place in performance rating 1225 1218
Processor Number G6400T
Series Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series
Status Launched
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
OPN Tray YD3125C6M2OFH

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.40 GHz 3.4 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 12 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 95 °C
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 4 4
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 1 MB
Maximum frequency 3.4 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 DDR4-2667
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

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Compatibility

Configurable TDP-down 25 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency 2.30 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1200 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 35 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2015B

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)