Intel Pentium Gold G6405 vs AMD A10 PRO-7850B

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G6405 and AMD A10 PRO-7850B 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, 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).

Intel Pentium Gold G6405

AMD A10 PRO-7850B

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G6405

Around 38% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 72.40°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 58 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2524 vs 1572
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4252 vs 3453

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 72.40°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	58 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2524 vs 1572
PassMark - CPU mark	4252 vs 3453

Reasons to consider the AMD A10 PRO-7850B

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	4 vs 2
L1 cache	256 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB vs 512 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold G6405
CPU 2: AMD A10 PRO-7850B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2524

1572

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4252

3453

Name	Intel Pentium Gold G6405	AMD A10 PRO-7850B
PassMark - Single thread mark	2524	1572
PassMark - CPU mark	4252	3453
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2445
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		16.734
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		299.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.516
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		29.04
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		87.568

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Gold G6405	AMD A10 PRO-7850B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Comet Lake
Launch date	16 Mar 2021
Launch price (MSRP)	$64
Place in performance rating	905	725
Processor Number	G6405
Series	Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series	AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Desktops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD785BXBI44JA
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	4.10 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s
L1 cache	128 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	4 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	100°C	72.40°C
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	4	4
Compute Cores		12
Maximum frequency		4 GHz
Number of GPU cores		8
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	128 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666
Supported memory frequency		2133 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	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Graphics max frequency		720 MHz
iGPU core count		512
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
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1200	FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	58 Watt	95 Watt
Thermal Solution	PCG 2015C
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
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
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