Intel Pentium Gold G7400 vs AMD PRO A10-9700

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G7400 and AMD PRO A10-9700 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold G7400

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 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: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 25% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 46 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 84% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3016 vs 1643
  • Around 86% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6771 vs 3649
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 Jan 2022 vs 3 October 2016
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 90°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 2.5 MB vs 2 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 46 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3016 vs 1643
PassMark - CPU mark 6771 vs 3649

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-9700

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Number of cores 4 vs 2

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold G7400
CPU 2: AMD PRO A10-9700

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3016
1643
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6771
3649
Name Intel Pentium Gold G7400 AMD PRO A10-9700
PassMark - Single thread mark 3016 1643
PassMark - CPU mark 6771 3649
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 285.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 29.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 92.013

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium Gold G7400 AMD PRO A10-9700

Essentials

Architecture codename Alder Lake
Launch date 4 Jan 2022 3 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $87
Place in performance rating 633 656
Processor Number G7400
Series Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Desktops
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AD970BAGM44AB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

64 bit support
L1 cache 160 KB
L2 cache 2.5 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 6 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 90°C
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 4
Base frequency 3.5 GHz
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz
Number of GPU cores 6
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz

Graphics

Device ID 0x4693
Execution Units 16
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.35 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics 710 R7
Enduro
Graphics max frequency 1029 MHz
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 4
DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 45.0 mm x 37.5 mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1700 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 46 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2020C
Configurable TDP 45 Watt/65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 5.0 and 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16+4, 2x8+4
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Speed Shift 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