Intel Pentium Gold G6500T vs AMD PRO A12-9800E

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G6500T and AMD PRO A12-9800E 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, 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).

Intel Pentium Gold G6500T

AMD PRO A12-9800E

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G6500T

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 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2238 vs 1518
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3874 vs 3171

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2238 vs 1518
PassMark - CPU mark	3874 vs 3171

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A12-9800E

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2

Number of cores	4 vs 2

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold G6500T
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-9800E

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2238

1518

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3874

3171

Name	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T	AMD PRO A12-9800E
PassMark - Single thread mark	2238	1518
PassMark - CPU mark	3874	3171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		19.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		242.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.423
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		98.209
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		922
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3472
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		922
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3472

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Gold G6500T	AMD PRO A12-9800E
Essentials
Architecture codename	Comet Lake
Launch date	Q2'20	3 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$75
Place in performance rating	1059	1056
Processor Number	G6500T
Series	Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series	AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD980BAHM44AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.50 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s
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
L2 cache		2 MB
Maximum frequency		3.8 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		2400 MHz
Graphics
Device ID	0x9BC8
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 630	R7
Enduro
Graphics max frequency		900 MHz
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
Configurable TDP-down	25 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency	2.40 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1200	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt
Thermal Solution	PCG 2015B
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	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 Secure technology
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
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