Intel Pentium Gold G6500 vs AMD A12-9800

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G6500 and AMD A12-9800 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, 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 G6500

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 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 49% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2488 vs 1674
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4140 vs 3611
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 Apr 2020 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 2488 vs 1674
PassMark - CPU mark 4140 vs 3611

Reasons to consider the AMD A12-9800

  • 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 G6500
CPU 2: AMD A12-9800

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2488
1674
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4140
3611
Name Intel Pentium Gold G6500 AMD A12-9800
PassMark - Single thread mark 2488 1674
PassMark - CPU mark 4140 3611
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 552
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1679
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8307
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2365
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8307

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium Gold G6500 AMD A12-9800

Essentials

Architecture codename Comet Lake Bristol Ridge
Launch date 30 Apr 2020 27 July 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $75 - $82 $139
Place in performance rating 1020 1019
Processor Number G6500
Series Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series AMD A12-Series APU for Desktops
Status Launched
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD A-Series Processors
OPN PIB AD9800AUABBOX
OPN Tray AD9800AUM44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Price now $129.99
Value for money (0-100) 12.51

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 4.10 GHz 3.8 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 12
Die size 246 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz
Number of GPU cores 8
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 0x9BC8
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 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 630 Radeon R7 Series
Enduro
Graphics max frequency 1108 MHz
iGPU core count 8
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

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™)