Intel Pentium Gold G6400T vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G6400T and AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G6400T

  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 6 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 8x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2503 vs 2092
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 13165 vs 3545
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Number of threads 6 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L3 cache 32 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2503 vs 2092
PassMark - CPU mark 13165 vs 3545

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2092
2503
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3545
13165
Name Intel Pentium Gold G6400T AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
PassMark - Single thread mark 2092 2503
PassMark - CPU mark 3545 13165
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1175
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5292
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 3834

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium Gold G6400T AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Essentials

Architecture codename Comet Lake Zen 2
Launch date Q2'20 Nov 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $64 $170
Place in performance rating 1231 1248
Processor Number G6400T
Series Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series
Status Launched
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.40 GHz 3.6 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s
L3 cache 4 MB 32 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C
Number of cores 2 6
Number of threads 4 6
Front-side bus (FSB) 100 MHz
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 3 MB
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR4-3200

Graphics

Device ID 0x9BA8
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

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 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1200 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2015B

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® 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
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)

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™)