Intel Pentium Gold G6605 vs AMD A10-7890K

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G6605 and AMD A10-7890K 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G6605

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 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 67% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2619 vs 1566
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4509 vs 3522
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 16 Mar 2021 vs January 2016
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 2619 vs 1566
PassMark - CPU mark 4509 vs 3522

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-7890K

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 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
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
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 G6605
CPU 2: AMD A10-7890K

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2619
1566
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4509
3522
Name Intel Pentium Gold G6605 AMD A10-7890K
PassMark - Single thread mark 2619 1566
PassMark - CPU mark 4509 3522
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 335.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.466
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 106.183
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1878
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3188
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1319
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1878
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3188

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium Gold G6605 AMD A10-7890K

Essentials

Architecture codename Comet Lake Kaveri
Launch date 16 Mar 2021 January 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $86 - $93 $150
Place in performance rating 861 833
Processor Number G6605
Series Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops
Status Launched
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD A-Series Processors
OPN PIB AD789KXDJCHBX
Price now $199.99
Value for money (0-100) 8.46

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 4.30 GHz 4.1 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
Compute Cores 12
Die size 246 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Maximum frequency 4.3 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 DDR3
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 866 MHz
iGPU core count 512
Number of pipelines 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 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1200 FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 58 Watt 95 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2015C Wraith cooler

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 App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
System Image Stability
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™)
IOMMU 2.0