Intel Pentium Gold G6505T vs AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G6505T and AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G6505T

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2271 vs 2223
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 Mar 2021 vs 21 Jul 2020
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2271 vs 2223

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 88% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6944 vs 3698
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 384 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache 2 MB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 6944 vs 3698

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold G6505T
CPU 2: AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2271
2223
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3698
6944
Name Intel Pentium Gold G6505T AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G
PassMark - Single thread mark 2271 2223
PassMark - CPU mark 3698 6944

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium Gold G6505T AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

Essentials

Architecture codename Comet Lake Zen+
Launch date 16 Mar 2021 21 Jul 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $90
Place in performance rating 1140 1122
Processor Number G6505T
Series Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
OPN Tray YD315BC5M4MFH

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.60 GHz 3.5 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s
L1 cache 128 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 2 MB
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 12 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 95 °C
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 4 4
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz
Number of GPU cores 3
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR4-2933
ECC memory support

Graphics

Device ID 0x9BC8
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz 1100 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 Radeon Vega 3
iGPU core count 3

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
OpenGL 4.5

Compatibility

Configurable TDP-down 25 Watt
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 65 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2015B
Configurable TDP 45-65 Watt

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® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
AMD GuardMI technology

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)