Intel Pentium Gold G7400 vs AMD PRO A6-9500

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Gold G7400 and AMD PRO A6-9500 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).

Intel Pentium Gold G7400

AMD PRO A6-9500

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
2.5x 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 97% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3001 vs 1520
3.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6736 vs 1784

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 1 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	46 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3001 vs 1520
PassMark - CPU mark	6736 vs 1784

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Gold G7400
CPU 2: AMD PRO A6-9500

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3001

1520

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6736

1784

Name	Intel Pentium Gold G7400	AMD PRO A6-9500
PassMark - Single thread mark	3001	1520
PassMark - CPU mark	6736	1784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		19.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		280.611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		30.599
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		97.416

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium Gold G7400	AMD PRO A6-9500
Essentials
Architecture codename	Alder Lake
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	3 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$87
Place in performance rating	741	735
Processor Number	G7400
Series	Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series	AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD950BAGM23AB
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	1 MB
L3 cache	6 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	100°C	90°C
Number of cores	2	2
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	R5
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