Intel Pentium Gold G6500 vs AMD PRO A10-8750B

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G6500 and AMD PRO A10-8750B 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Pentium Gold G6500

AMD PRO A10-8750B

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G6500

Around 40% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 71.30°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 88% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2488 vs 1320
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4140 vs 2935

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 71.30°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 1320
PassMark - CPU mark	4140 vs 2935

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-8750B

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

Number of cores	4 vs 2
L2 cache	4 MB vs 512 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold G6500
CPU 2: AMD PRO A10-8750B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2488

1320

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4140

2935

Name	Intel Pentium Gold G6500	AMD PRO A10-8750B
PassMark - Single thread mark	2488	1320
PassMark - CPU mark	4140	2935
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		433
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1242
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		17.07
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		221.069
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.319
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		25.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		88.743
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1790
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		6033
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1790
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		6033

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Gold G6500	AMD PRO A10-8750B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Comet Lake
Launch date	30 Apr 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$75 - $82
Place in performance rating	1020	1015
Processor Number	G6500
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		AD875BYBI44JC
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	4.10 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s
L1 cache	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	4 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	100°C	71.30°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	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	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		757 MHz
iGPU core count		512
Switchable graphics
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
Vulkan
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	65 Watt
Thermal Solution	PCG 2015C
Configurable TDP		45 Watt/65 Watt
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)
FreeSync
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