Intel Pentium Gold G6405 vs AMD A10-9700

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G6405 and AMD A10-9700 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, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G6405

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 90°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 58 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2512 vs 1615
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4244 vs 3547
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 Mar 2021 vs 27 July 2017
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 58 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2512 vs 1615
PassMark - CPU mark 4244 vs 3547

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-9700

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 4 vs 2
L2 cache 2 MB vs 512 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold G6405
CPU 2: AMD A10-9700

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2512
1615
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4244
3547
Name Intel Pentium Gold G6405 AMD A10-9700
PassMark - Single thread mark 2512 1615
PassMark - CPU mark 4244 3547
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 493
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1465
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 227.004
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 87.933
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1358
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2370
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7174
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1358
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2370
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7174

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium Gold G6405 AMD A10-9700

Essentials

Architecture codename Comet Lake Bristol Ridge
Launch date 16 Mar 2021 27 July 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $64 $90
Place in performance rating 1009 993
Processor Number G6405
Series Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops
Status Launched
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD A-Series Processors
OPN PIB AD9700AGABBOX
OPN Tray AD9700AGM44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Price now $79.99
Value for money (0-100) 20.04

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 4.10 GHz 3.5 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s
L1 cache 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 2 MB
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 90°C
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 4
Compute Cores 10
Die size 246 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz
Number of GPU cores 6
Transistor count 1178 million
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
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

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 Radeon R7 Series
Enduro
Graphics max frequency 1029 MHz
iGPU core count 6
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 DirectX® 12
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 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 8
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0 x8
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
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
TrueAudio
VirusProtect

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™)